How to see it
HIP 117963 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117963: right ascension 23h 55m 38s, declination +46° 21′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 117963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117963, HD 224166, Gaia DR3 1927149699706893952. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1927149699706893952
- HIP
- 117963
- HD
- 224166
- gaia_dr3
- 1927149699706893952
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.92