Its story
Eta Aps has a visual magnitude of about 4.84: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Eta Aps: right ascension 14h 18m 14s, declination −81° 0′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).
Eta Aps. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 69896, HD 123998, Gaia DR3 5772879737424829184. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 69896
- Right ascension
- 14h 18m 14s
- Declination
- −81° 00′ 29″
- Magnitude
- 4.84
- Distance
- ≈ 142 ly
Data: gaia-dr3