How to see it
HIP 86123 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86123: right ascension 17h 36m 4s, declination +11° 18′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 86123. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86123, HD 159778, Gaia DR3 4492840223197138304. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4492840223197138304
- HIP
- 86123
- HD
- 159778
- gaia_dr3
- 4492840223197138304
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.78