Its story

HIP 81580 has a visual magnitude of about 6.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81580: right ascension 16h 39m 39s, declination −9° 33′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81580. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81580, HD 150177, Gaia DR3 4338289879498164608. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.