How to see it
HIP 85839 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85839: right ascension 17h 32m 25s, declination −34° 16′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85839. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85839, HD 158741, Gaia DR3 4053610715449004032. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4053610715449004032
- HIP
- 85839
- HD
- 158741
- gaia_dr3
- 4053610715449004032
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4053610715449004032
- HD 158741
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.07