How to see it
HIP 87306 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87306: right ascension 17h 50m 21s, declination −27° 3′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 87306. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87306, HD 162083, Gaia DR3 4063758146933314432. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4063758146933314432
- HIP
- 87306
- HD
- 162083
- gaia_dr3
- 4063758146933314432
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.94