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HIP 87642

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HIP 87642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87642: right ascension 17h 54m 8s, declination −11° 20′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87642, HD 162956, Gaia DR3 4151722135178554112. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 87642
Right ascension
17h 54m 08s
Declination
−11° 20′ 15″
Magnitude
6.13
Distance
≈ 461 ly
Data: gaia-dr3