Its story

HIP 86463 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 86463: right ascension 17h 39m 58s, declination −0° 38′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86463. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86463, HD 160438, Gaia DR3 4370648987740779776. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.