How to see it
HIP 90858 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90858: right ascension 18h 32m 7s, declination +3° 39′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 90858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90858, HD 170973, Gaia DR3 4283267706323906688. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4283267706323906688
- HIP
- 90858
- HD
- 170973
- gaia_dr3
- 4283267706323906688
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.39