How to see it
HIP 79530 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79530: right ascension 16h 13m 45s, declination −24° 25′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 79530. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79530, HD 145792, Gaia DR3 6049891517263095168. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6049891517263095168
- HIP
- 79530
- HD
- 145792
- gaia_dr3
- 6049891517263095168
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40