HIP-85987 (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , HIP-85987 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:44 (EDT), 61° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:45, 65° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:45, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name HIP-85987
Object type Star
Other names
HR 6551[1]
HD 159503
HIP 85987[3]
TYC 1538-483-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4549907694176363520[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h34m27s [4]
Declination:+16°30'15" [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:6.59 (V) [2]
6.85 (BT) [2]
6.61 (VT) [2]
6.54 (G) [4]
6.65 (BP) [4]
6.32 (RP) [4]
Distance:183.8 parsec
599.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.20
Proper motion (speed):5.2 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):242.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.27

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