How to see it
HIP 96938 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96938: right ascension 19h 42m 23s, declination −24° 51′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).
Catalog context
HIP 96938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96938, HD 185905, Gaia DR3 6767574715566786432. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6767574715566786432
- HIP
- 96938
- HD
- 185905
- gaia_dr3
- 6767574715566786432
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.67