Its story
HIP 88599 has a visual magnitude of about 5.78: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88599: right ascension 18h 5m 27s, declination −81° 29′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).
HIP 88599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88599, HD 162337, Gaia DR3 6360515582314211968. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 88599
- Right ascension
- 18h 05m 27s
- Declination
- −81° 29′ 12″
- Magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- ≈ 989 ly
Data: gaia-dr3