How to see it
HIP 87116 has a visual magnitude of about 7.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87116: right ascension 17h 47m 57s, declination −34° 1′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 87116. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87116, HD 161612, Gaia DR3 4041857799496807936. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4041857799496807936
- HIP
- 87116
- HD
- 161612
- gaia_dr3
- 4041857799496807936
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4041857799496807936
- Gl 695.1
- HD 161612
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.02