Its story

HIP 86679 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86679: right ascension 17h 42m 37s, declination +29° 25′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86679. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86679, HD 161130, Gaia DR3 4597136082276307456. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.