Its story

HIP 81712 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 81712: right ascension 16h 41m 25s, declination −42° 3′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 81712. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81712, HD 150214, Gaia DR3 5967828268645475712. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.