Its story
26 Sgr has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 26 Sgr: right ascension 18h 41m 52s, declination −23° 50′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).
26 Sgr. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 91689, HD 172546, Gaia DR3 4078295752276534144. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 91689
- Right ascension
- 18h 41m 52s
- Declination
- −23° 50′ 01″
- Magnitude
- 6.18
- Distance
- ≈ 201 ly
Data: gaia-dr3