Its story
HIP 20578 has a visual magnitude of about 8.98: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20578: right ascension 4h 24m 29s, declination −60° 39′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).
HIP 20578. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20578, HD 28340, Gaia DR3 4678327834800077824. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 20578
- Right ascension
- 4h 24m 29s
- Declination
- −60° 39′ 31″
- Magnitude
- 8.98
- Distance
- ≈ 688 ly
Data: gaia-dr3