How to see it
HIP 86912 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86912: right ascension 17h 45m 32s, declination +13° 1′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).
Catalog context
HIP 86912. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86912, HD 161540, Gaia DR3 4499402417829098112. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4499402417829098112
- HIP
- 86912
- HD
- 161540
- gaia_dr3
- 4499402417829098112
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.86