Its story

HIP 82871 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82871: right ascension 16h 56m 10s, declination +77° 39′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 82871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82871, HD 154528, Gaia DR3 1705883498698235904. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.