Its story

HIP 81663 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81663: right ascension 16h 40m 56s, declination −8° 18′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81663. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81663, HD 150381, Gaia DR3 4339078950889457152. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.