How to see it
HIP 87163 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87163: right ascension 17h 48m 28s, declination −26° 58′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 87163. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87163, HD 161756, Gaia DR3 4066770499563211136. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4066770499563211136
- HIP
- 87163
- HD
- 161756
- gaia_dr3
- 4066770499563211136
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.28