How to see it
HIP 85589 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85589: right ascension 17h 29m 26s, declination −38° 31′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85589. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85589, HD 158156, Gaia DR3 5962029684873161088. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5962029684873161088
- HIP
- 85589
- HD
- 158156
- gaia_dr3
- 5962029684873161088
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.80