How to see it
HIP 90256 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90256: right ascension 18h 24m 58s, declination +27° 23′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).
Catalog context
HIP 90256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90256, HD 169718, Gaia DR3 4585618904138512768. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4585618904138512768
- HIP
- 90256
- HD
- 169718
- gaia_dr3
- 4585618904138512768
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.60