Its story

HIP 82538 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82538: right ascension 16h 52m 16s, declination −25° 36′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 82538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82538, HD 152071, Gaia DR3 6034703486430282880. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.