How to see it
HIP 79247 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79247: right ascension 16h 10m 23s, declination −29° 17′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 79247. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79247, HD 145103, Gaia DR3 6041719779348893312. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6041719779348893312
- HIP
- 79247
- HD
- 145103
- gaia_dr3
- 6041719779348893312
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.70