Its story
HIP 58955 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 58955: right ascension 12h 5m 20s, declination −50° 16′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).
HIP 58955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 58955, HD 104991, Gaia DR3 6129466579687993600. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 58955
- Right ascension
- 12h 05m 20s
- Declination
- −50° 16′ 14″
- Magnitude
- 6.66
- Distance
- ≈ 1,397 ly
Data: gaia-dr3