Its story

HIP 81440 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 81440: right ascension 16h 38m 2s, declination −6° 32′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81440, HD 149911, Gaia DR3 4351510544749107200. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.