Its story

HIP 81970 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81970: right ascension 16h 44m 42s, declination −14° 4′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81970, HD 150922, Gaia DR3 4326674157629048832. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.