Its story
HIP 688 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 688: right ascension 0h 8m 28s, declination −24° 5′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).
HIP 688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 688, HD 392, Gaia DR3 2336521793106211328. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 688
- Right ascension
- 0h 08m 28s
- Declination
- −24° 05′ 37″
- Magnitude
- 7.48
- Distance
- ≈ 474 ly
Data: gaia-dr3