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Catalog/Hercules/HIP 85688

HIP 85688

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HIP 85688 has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85688: right ascension 17h 30m 40s, declination +38° 52′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85688, HD 159026, Gaia DR3 1343545351639730432. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 85688
Right ascension
17h 30m 40s
Declination
+38° 52′ 56″
Magnitude
6.31
Distance
≈ 1,016 ly
Data: gaia-dr3