How to see it
HIP 117979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117979: right ascension 23h 55m 48s, declination +48° 13′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 117979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117979, HD 224175, Gaia DR3 1939600775546605184. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1939600775546605184
- HIP
- 117979
- HD
- 224175
- gaia_dr3
- 1939600775546605184
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40