How to see it
HIP 117520 has a visual magnitude of about 6.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117520: right ascension 23h 49m 58s, declination −61° 8′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).
Catalog context
HIP 117520. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117520, HD 223470, Gaia DR3 6487905510607409280. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6487905510607409280
- HIP
- 117520
- HD
- 223470
- gaia_dr3
- 6487905510607409280
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.00