How to see it
HIP 87063 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87063: right ascension 17h 47m 28s, declination −35° 42′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 87063. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87063, HD 161511, Gaia DR3 4041045054266593152. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4041045054266593152
- HIP
- 87063
- HD
- 161511
- gaia_dr3
- 4041045054266593152
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.65