How to see it
HIP 84704 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84704: right ascension 17h 18m 53s, declination +6° 5′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 84704. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84704, HD 156697, Gaia DR3 4393468252064063616. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4393468252064063616
- HIP
- 84704
- HD
- 156697
- gaia_dr3
- 4393468252064063616
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.42