Its story

HIP 82142 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82142: right ascension 16h 46m 53s, declination +2° 14′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 82142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82142, HD 151372, Gaia DR3 4385518679915123200. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.