Its story

HIP 82971 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82971: right ascension 16h 57m 20s, declination +6° 12′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 82971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82971, HD 153113, Gaia DR3 4441131119054799488. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.