Its story

HIP 80708 has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80708: right ascension 16h 28m 42s, declination +0° 3′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80708. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80708, HD 148531, Gaia DR3 4407538118248039936. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.