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Catalog/Ophiuchus/HIP 79768

HIP 79768

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HIP 79768 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79768: right ascension 16h 16m 48s, declination −5° 29′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79768. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79768, HD 146490, Gaia DR3 4355479438128743424. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 79768
Right ascension
16h 16m 48s
Declination
−5° 29′ 49″
Magnitude
7.15
Distance
≈ 578 ly
Data: gaia-dr3