How to see it
HIP 87659 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87659: right ascension 17h 54m 16s, declination −4° 12′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 87659. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87659, HD 163036, Gaia DR3 4175857033866495104. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4175857033866495104
- HIP
- 87659
- HD
- 163036
- gaia_dr3
- 4175857033866495104
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.83