Its story

HIP 81434 has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81434: right ascension 16h 37m 60s, declination −46° 9′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 81434. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81434, HD 149609, Gaia DR3 5942943434274834944. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.