Its story

HIP 86859 has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86859: right ascension 17h 44m 50s, declination +35° 13′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86859, HD 161583, Gaia DR3 4608377179920283776. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.