How to see it
HIP 85866 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85866: right ascension 17h 32m 49s, declination −14° 47′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
Catalog context
HIP 85866. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85866, HD 159009, Gaia DR3 4137237065929363456. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4137237065929363456
- HIP
- 85866
- HD
- 159009
- gaia_dr3
- 4137237065929363456
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4137237065929363456
- HD 159009
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.94