Its story

HIP 81697 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81697: right ascension 16h 41m 19s, declination +22° 26′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 81697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81697, HD 150600, Gaia DR3 1299315812785482368. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.