Its story
HIP 85397 has a visual magnitude of about 6.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85397: right ascension 17h 27m 2s, declination −12° 30′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
HIP 85397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85397, HD 157968, Gaia DR3 4138728587785351808. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 85397
- Right ascension
- 17h 27m 02s
- Declination
- −12° 30′ 46″
- Magnitude
- 6.09
- Distance
- ≈ 144 ly
Data: gaia-dr3