How to see it
HIP 83740 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83740: right ascension 17h 6m 53s, declination −26° 30′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 83740. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83740, HD 154481, Gaia DR3 4111929400669171840. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4111929400669171840
- HIP
- 83740
- HD
- 154481
- gaia_dr3
- 4111929400669171840
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.23