How to see it
HIP 85664 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85664: right ascension 17h 30m 22s, declination +10° 46′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 85664. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85664, HD 158717, Gaia DR3 4491962194443084032. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4491962194443084032
- HIP
- 85664
- HD
- 158717
- gaia_dr3
- 4491962194443084032
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.79