Its story

HIP 81474 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81474: right ascension 16h 38m 29s, declination −18° 13′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81474, HD 149914, Gaia DR3 4131806337449342080. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.