Its story

HIP 81608 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81608: right ascension 16h 40m 2s, declination −6° 4′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81608. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81608, HD 150258, Gaia DR3 4353052850325091968. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.