Its story

HIP 86424 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 86424: right ascension 17h 39m 31s, declination +3° 23′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86424, HD 160385, Gaia DR3 4377102743038936704. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.