Its story

HIP 81259 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81259: right ascension 16h 35m 49s, declination −71° 53′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 81259. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81259, HD 148650, Gaia DR3 5806118592410690432. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.