Its story

Kap Sco has a visual magnitude of about 2.42: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for Kap Sco: right ascension 17h 42m 29s, declination −39° 1′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

Kap Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86670, HD 160578, Gaia DR3 5961206940987571200. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.