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Catalog/Hercules/HIP 85840

HIP 85840

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HIP 85840 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85840: right ascension 17h 32m 25s, declination +26° 26′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85840, HD 159223, Gaia DR3 4594826867339683712. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 85840
Right ascension
17h 32m 25s
Declination
+26° 26′ 23″
Magnitude
6.81
Distance
≈ 258 ly
Data: gaia-dr3