Its story
HIP 87939 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 87939: right ascension 17h 57m 51s, declination +2° 15′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
HIP 87939. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87939, HD 163792, Gaia DR3 4468890317326336256. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 87939
- Right ascension
- 17h 57m 51s
- Declination
- +2° 15′ 13″
- Magnitude
- 6.92
- Distance
- ≈ 650 ly
Data: gaia-dr3