Its story

HIP 81471 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81471: right ascension 16h 38m 26s, declination −7° 9′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81471. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81471, HD 149976, Gaia DR3 4351286587974349056. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.