Its story

HIP 80142 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80142: right ascension 16h 21m 27s, declination −48° 11′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 80142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80142, HD 147001, Gaia DR3 5941711362815019648. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.