How to see it
HIP 85557 has a visual magnitude of about 8.51: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85557: right ascension 17h 29m 4s, declination −64° 55′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 85557. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85557, HD 157634, Gaia DR3 5813818300542622720. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5813818300542622720
- HIP
- 85557
- HD
- 157634
- gaia_dr3
- 5813818300542622720
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5813818300542622720
- HD 157634
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.51