How to see it
HIP 84638 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84638: right ascension 17h 18m 12s, declination −39° 41′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 84638. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84638, HD 156216, Gaia DR3 5972048189959050240. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5972048189959050240
- HIP
- 84638
- HD
- 156216
- gaia_dr3
- 5972048189959050240
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5972048189959050240
- HD 156216
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.35