Its story

HIP 86481 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86481: right ascension 17h 40m 17s, declination +69° 9′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 86481. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86481, HD 161538, Gaia DR3 1637919936205960192. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.