Its story

HIP 81428 has a visual magnitude of about 6.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81428: right ascension 16h 37m 53s, declination +78° 55′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 81428. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81428, HD 151623, Gaia DR3 1709170110751788672. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.