How to see it
HIP 85391 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85391: right ascension 17h 26m 55s, declination −25° 56′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85391. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85391, HD 157864, Gaia DR3 4109768482338921728. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4109768482338921728
- HIP
- 85391
- HD
- 157864
- gaia_dr3
- 4109768482338921728
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.41