Its story
HIP 28661 has a visual magnitude of about 7.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28661: right ascension 6h 3m 8s, declination +47° 59′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
HIP 28661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28661, HD 40710, Gaia DR3 969760601341380096. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 28661
- Right ascension
- 6h 03m 08s
- Declination
- +47° 59′ 15″
- Magnitude
- 7.03
- Distance
- ≈ 315 ly
Data: gaia-dr3