How to see it
HIP 90656 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90656: right ascension 18h 29m 53s, declination −1° 49′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
HIP 90656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90656, HD 170493, Gaia DR3 4270446404294208000. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4270446404294208000
- HIP
- 90656
- HD
- 170493
- gaia_dr3
- 4270446404294208000
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4270446404294208000
- Gl 715
- HD 170493
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.68