How to see it
HIP 85138 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85138: right ascension 17h 23m 58s, declination −65° 42′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 85138. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85138, HD 156709, Gaia DR3 5813499304733661056. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5813499304733661056
- HIP
- 85138
- HD
- 156709
- gaia_dr3
- 5813499304733661056
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.62