How to see it
HIP 83858 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83858: right ascension 17h 8m 17s, declination −41° 1′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 83858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83858, HD 154589, Gaia DR3 5966086951478135552. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5966086951478135552
- HIP
- 83858
- HD
- 154589
- gaia_dr3
- 5966086951478135552
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.68