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HIP 87738

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HIP 87738 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87738: right ascension 17h 55m 21s, declination +0° 40′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87738, HD 163288, Gaia DR3 4371788661607649792. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 87738
Right ascension
17h 55m 21s
Declination
+0° 40′ 01″
Magnitude
8.19
Distance
≈ 236 ly
Data: gaia-dr3