Its story

HIP 82861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82861: right ascension 16h 56m 2s, declination −16° 48′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 82861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82861, HD 152781, Gaia DR3 4132958625636676864. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.