Its story
HIP 79966 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79966: right ascension 16h 19m 20s, declination +54° 47′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).
HIP 79966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79966, HD 147466, Gaia DR3 1428612951372413440. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 79966
- Right ascension
- 16h 19m 20s
- Declination
- +54° 47′ 27″
- Magnitude
- 7.36
- Distance
- ≈ 2,037 ly
Data: gaia-dr3