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Catalog/Hercules/HIP 79879

HIP 79879

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HIP 79879 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79879: right ascension 16h 18m 16s, declination +38° 16′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79879, HD 147113, Gaia DR3 1330799434892918272. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 79879
Right ascension
16h 18m 16s
Declination
+38° 16′ 31″
Magnitude
8.20
Distance
≈ 1,520 ly
Data: gaia-dr3