How to see it
HIP 84888 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84888: right ascension 17h 20m 55s, declination −27° 20′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
HIP 84888. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84888, HD 156848, Gaia DR3 4108078975304622592. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4108078975304622592
- HIP
- 84888
- HD
- 156848
- gaia_dr3
- 4108078975304622592
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4108078975304622592
- HD 156848
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.19