How to see it
HIP 79522 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79522: right ascension 16h 13m 39s, declination −1° 28′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 79522. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79522, HD 145936, Gaia DR3 4405625380337801472. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4405625380337801472
- HIP
- 79522
- HD
- 145936
- gaia_dr3
- 4405625380337801472
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.17