How to see it
HIP 90494 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90494: right ascension 18h 27m 56s, declination −17° 48′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 90494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90494, HD 169990, Gaia DR3 4096614715541406848. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4096614715541406848
- HIP
- 90494
- HD
- 169990
- gaia_dr3
- 4096614715541406848
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.16