How to see it
HIP 87559 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 87559: right ascension 17h 53m 15s, declination −5° 55′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 87559. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87559, HD 162834, Gaia DR3 4175028002102950784. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4175028002102950784
- HIP
- 87559
- HD
- 162834
- gaia_dr3
- 4175028002102950784
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.41