Its story

HIP 86946 has a visual magnitude of about 6.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86946: right ascension 17h 45m 58s, declination +39° 19′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86946. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86946, HD 161832, Gaia DR3 1342915365837379456. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.