Its story

HIP 80543 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80543: right ascension 16h 26m 39s, declination +15° 58′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 80543. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80543, HD 148317, Gaia DR3 4465724715969353472. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.