How to see it
HIP 85596 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85596: right ascension 17h 29m 28s, declination +34° 56′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).
Catalog context
HIP 85596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85596, HD 158756, Gaia DR3 1335973049418989952. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1335973049418989952
- HIP
- 85596
- HD
- 158756
- gaia_dr3
- 1335973049418989952
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.87