Its story

HIP 86769 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86769: right ascension 17h 43m 48s, declination −13° 30′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86769. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86769, HD 161023, Gaia DR3 4149484732124680832. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.