Its story

HIP 86739 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 86739: right ascension 17h 43m 26s, declination −78° 41′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 86739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86739, HD 159047, Gaia DR3 5776543481966709888. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.