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Catalog/Ophiuchus/HIP 79766

HIP 79766

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HIP 79766 has a visual magnitude of about 9.96: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79766: right ascension 16h 16m 48s, declination −11° 50′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79766. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79766, HD 146455, Gaia DR3 4342241318130085888. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 79766
Right ascension
16h 16m 48s
Declination
−11° 50′ 28″
Magnitude
9.96
Distance
≈ 1,000 ly
Data: gaia-dr3