Its story

HIP 80517 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80517: right ascension 16h 26m 12s, declination +8° 30′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 80517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80517, HD 148229, Gaia DR3 4440366958475484288. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.