How to see it
HIP 116987 has a visual magnitude of about 8.63: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116987: right ascension 23h 42m 60s, declination +43° 14′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 116987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116987, HD 222729, Gaia DR3 1925505895468027648. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1925505895468027648
- HIP
- 116987
- HD
- 222729
- gaia_dr3
- 1925505895468027648
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1925505895468027648
- HD 222729
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.63