How to see it
HIP 85307 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85307: right ascension 17h 25m 58s, declination −1° 39′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 85307. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85307, HD 157856, Gaia DR3 4373106018271326848. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4373106018271326848
- HIP
- 85307
- HD
- 157856
- gaia_dr3
- 4373106018271326848
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.33