How to see it
HIP 78359 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 78359: right ascension 15h 59m 55s, declination −33° 23′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 78359. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78359, HD 143149, Gaia DR3 6036045028044227456. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6036045028044227456
- HIP
- 78359
- HD
- 143149
- gaia_dr3
- 6036045028044227456
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.83