How to see it
HIP 85979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85979: right ascension 17h 34m 22s, declination +13° 9′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).
Catalog context
HIP 85979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85979, HD 159466, Gaia DR3 4494343908427630336. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4494343908427630336
- HIP
- 85979
- HD
- 159466
- gaia_dr3
- 4494343908427630336
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.26