How to see it
HIP 85425 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85425: right ascension 17h 27m 22s, declination −38° 3′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 85425. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85425, HD 157830, Gaia DR3 5974066343551468544. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5974066343551468544
- HIP
- 85425
- HD
- 157830
- gaia_dr3
- 5974066343551468544
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5974066343551468544
- HD 157830
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.70