Its story
HIP 1279 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1279: right ascension 0h 16m 3s, declination −42° 40′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).
HIP 1279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1279, HD 1189, Gaia DR3 4995100536375688192. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 1279
- Right ascension
- 0h 16m 03s
- Declination
- −42° 40′ 16″
- Magnitude
- 7.44
- Distance
- ≈ 1,826 ly
Data: gaia-dr3