How to see it
HIP 81803 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 81803: right ascension 16h 42m 29s, declination −37° 4′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 81803. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81803, HD 150420, Gaia DR3 6019299599085388160. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6019299599085388160
- HIP
- 81803
- HD
- 150420
- gaia_dr3
- 6019299599085388160
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.60