Its story
HIP 88609 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88609: right ascension 18h 5m 32s, declination −0° 1′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
HIP 88609. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88609, HD 165343, Gaia DR3 4275182516278608896. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 88609
- Right ascension
- 18h 05m 32s
- Declination
- −0° 01′ 21″
- Magnitude
- 8.44
- Distance
- ≈ 1,263 ly
Data: gaia-dr3