Its story

HIP 86943 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86943: right ascension 17h 45m 57s, declination −48° 56′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 86943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86943, HD 161068, Gaia DR3 5948178239197746048. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.