Its story

HIP 81830 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81830: right ascension 16h 42m 53s, declination −79° 1′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 81830. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81830, HD 149057, Gaia DR3 5775775370015871616. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.