Its story

HIP 80986 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80986: right ascension 16h 32m 22s, declination +30° 7′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 80986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80986, HD 149251, Gaia DR3 1312065096786264832. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.