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HIP 87908

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HIP 87908 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87908: right ascension 17h 57m 24s, declination +33° 47′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 87908. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87908, HD 163947, Gaia DR3 4604656741810135040. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 87908
Right ascension
17h 57m 24s
Declination
+33° 47′ 34″
Magnitude
6.87
Distance
≈ 1,707 ly
Data: gaia-dr3