How to see it
HIP 85840 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 85840: right ascension 17h 32m 25s, declination +26° 26′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).
Catalog context
HIP 85840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85840, HD 159223, Gaia DR3 4594826867339683712. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4594826867339683712
- HIP
- 85840
- HD
- 159223
- gaia_dr3
- 4594826867339683712
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.81