Its story
HIP 58960 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 58960: right ascension 12h 5m 23s, declination −62° 58′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).
HIP 58960. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 58960, HD 105016, Gaia DR3 6057378023215262848. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 58960
- Right ascension
- 12h 05m 23s
- Declination
- −62° 58′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 6.64
- Distance
- ≈ 359 ly
Data: gaia-dr3