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Catalog/Scorpius/HIP 85278

HIP 85278

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HIP 85278 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85278: right ascension 17h 25m 30s, declination −29° 40′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85278, HD 157611, Gaia DR3 4059451841000300544. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 85278
Right ascension
17h 25m 30s
Declination
−29° 40′ 15″
Magnitude
6.78
Distance
≈ 518 ly
Data: gaia-dr3