How to see it
HIP 85103 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85103: right ascension 17h 23m 34s, declination +76° 3′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 85103. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85103, HD 159048, Gaia DR3 1656854694667474816. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1656854694667474816
- HIP
- 85103
- HD
- 159048
- gaia_dr3
- 1656854694667474816
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.71