Its story

HIP 86725 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86725: right ascension 17h 43m 18s, declination −27° 53′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 86725. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86725, HD 160839, Gaia DR3 4060664224334317440. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.