Its story

HIP 81486 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81486: right ascension 16h 38m 35s, declination −18° 49′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81486. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81486, HD 149934, Gaia DR3 4131583651982702080. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.