Its story
HIP 117488 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117488: right ascension 23h 49m 26s, declination −21° 36′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).
HIP 117488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117488, HD 223429, Gaia DR3 2389176649045869056. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 117488
- Right ascension
- 23h 49m 26s
- Declination
- −21° 36′ 50″
- Magnitude
- 6.65
- Distance
- ≈ 803 ly
Data: gaia-dr3