Its story

HIP 86311 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86311: right ascension 17h 38m 8s, declination −42° 52′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 86311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86311, HD 159707, Gaia DR3 5955862008756677248. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.