Its story
16 Sgr has a visual magnitude of about 5.90: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 16 Sgr: right ascension 18h 15m 13s, declination −20° 23′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).
16 Sgr. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89440, HD 167263, Gaia DR3 4094031138050641408. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 89440
- Right ascension
- 18h 15m 13s
- Declination
- −20° 23′ 17″
- Magnitude
- 5.90
- Distance
- ≈ 50,845 ly
Data: gaia-dr3