How to see it
HIP 84851 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84851: right ascension 17h 20m 31s, declination −26° 32′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 84851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84851, HD 156780, Gaia DR3 4108374713946494848. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4108374713946494848
- HIP
- 84851
- HD
- 156780
- gaia_dr3
- 4108374713946494848
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.85