How to see it
HIP 87642 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 87642: right ascension 17h 54m 8s, declination −11° 20′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 87642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87642, HD 162956, Gaia DR3 4151722135178554112. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4151722135178554112
- HIP
- 87642
- HD
- 162956
- gaia_dr3
- 4151722135178554112
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.13