Its story
Gaia DR3 5959700811818323456 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for Gaia DR3 5959700811818323456: right ascension 17h 17m 60s, declination −42° 3′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Gaia DR3 5959700811818323456. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as Gaia DR3 5959700811818323456. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFacts
- Right ascension
- 17h 17m 60s
- Declination
- −42° 03′ 38″
- Magnitude
- 8.04
- Distance
- ≈ 3,956 ly
Data: gaia-dr3