Its story
Iot2Sco has a visual magnitude of about 4.69: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Iot2Sco: right ascension 17h 50m 11s, declination −40° 5′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).
Iot2Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87294, HD 161912, Gaia DR3 5957938608303888896. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 87294
- Right ascension
- 17h 50m 11s
- Declination
- −40° 05′ 26″
- Magnitude
- 4.69
- Distance
- ≈ 4,003 ly
Data: gaia-dr3