How to see it
HIP 85905 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 85905: right ascension 17h 33m 17s, declination +0° 6′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 85905. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85905, HD 159187, Gaia DR3 4373797439286632704. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4373797439286632704
- HIP
- 85905
- HD
- 159187
- gaia_dr3
- 4373797439286632704
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40