How to see it
HIP 85722 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85722: right ascension 17h 31m 2s, declination −2° 49′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 85722. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85722, HD 158738, Gaia DR3 4369717460875166976. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4369717460875166976
- HIP
- 85722
- HD
- 158738
- gaia_dr3
- 4369717460875166976
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.50