Its story

HIP 82951 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 82951: right ascension 16h 57m 4s, declination −19° 32′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 82951. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82951, HD 152909, Gaia DR3 4129004816188519424. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.