Its story

HIP 80768 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80768: right ascension 16h 29m 26s, declination −13° 34′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80768. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80768, HD 148560, Gaia DR3 4330337558572871680. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.