Its story
Iot1Sco has a visual magnitude of about 2.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Iot1Sco: right ascension 17h 47m 35s, declination −40° 7′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).
Iot1Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87073, HD 161471, Gaia DR3 5958043164999014400. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 87073
- Right ascension
- 17h 47m 35s
- Declination
- −40° 07′ 37″
- Magnitude
- 2.87
- Distance
- ≈ 2,301 ly
Data: gaia-dr3