How to see it
HIP 88980 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88980: right ascension 18h 9m 43s, declination +6° 12′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 88980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88980, HD 166303, Gaia DR3 4471862434697315584. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4471862434697315584
- HIP
- 88980
- HD
- 166303
- gaia_dr3
- 4471862434697315584
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.77