Its story

HIP 81646 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81646: right ascension 16h 40m 43s, declination +72° 40′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 81646. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81646, HD 151481, Gaia DR3 1653781181710706688. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.