Its story
HIP 87606 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87606: right ascension 17h 53m 47s, declination −19° 53′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
HIP 87606. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87606, HD 162836, Gaia DR3 4119228577360867328. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 87606
- Right ascension
- 17h 53m 47s
- Declination
- −19° 53′ 14″
- Magnitude
- 6.82
- Distance
- ≈ 818 ly
Data: gaia-dr3