How to see it
HIP 90900 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90900: right ascension 18h 32m 29s, declination −18° 58′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 90900. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90900, HD 170886, Gaia DR3 4093283264029578624. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4093283264029578624
- HIP
- 90900
- HD
- 170886
- gaia_dr3
- 4093283264029578624
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.46