How to see it
HIP 85237 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85237: right ascension 17h 25m 3s, declination −34° 41′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85237. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85237, HD 157486, Gaia DR3 5975817766793429760. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5975817766793429760
- HIP
- 85237
- HD
- 157486
- gaia_dr3
- 5975817766793429760
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.13