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Catalog/Hercules/HIP 85687

HIP 85687

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HIP 85687 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85687: right ascension 17h 30m 40s, declination +24° 2′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85687, HD 158872, Gaia DR3 4569562186078602624. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 85687
Right ascension
17h 30m 40s
Declination
+24° 02′ 28″
Magnitude
6.92
Distance
≈ 1,516 ly
Data: gaia-dr3