How to see it
HIP 85071 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85071: right ascension 17h 23m 10s, declination −25° 5′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85071. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85071, HD 157234, Gaia DR3 4110807383434967040. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4110807383434967040
- HIP
- 85071
- HD
- 157234
- gaia_dr3
- 4110807383434967040
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4110807383434967040
- HD 157234
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.25