Its story
HIP 102661 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102661: right ascension 20h 48m 14s, declination −78° 57′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).
HIP 102661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102661, HD 196752, Gaia DR3 6362038612076033024. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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- Right ascension
- 20h 48m 14s
- Declination
- −78° 57′ 05″
- Magnitude
- 7.88
- Distance
- ≈ 518 ly
Data: gaia-dr3