How to see it
HIP 87466 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 87466: right ascension 17h 52m 17s, declination −31° 19′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 87466. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87466, HD 162415, Gaia DR3 4055691987886298880. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4055691987886298880
- HIP
- 87466
- HD
- 162415
- gaia_dr3
- 4055691987886298880
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.41