How to see it
HIP 83542 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83542: right ascension 17h 4m 28s, declination −23° 23′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 83542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83542, HD 154117, Gaia DR3 4113705661670236416. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4113705661670236416
- HIP
- 83542
- HD
- 154117
- gaia_dr3
- 4113705661670236416
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.81