How to see it
HIP 79785 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79785: right ascension 16h 16m 59s, declination −21° 18′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 79785. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79785, HD 146416, Gaia DR3 6244336167204228224. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6244336167204228224
- HIP
- 79785
- HD
- 146416
- gaia_dr3
- 6244336167204228224
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.59