Its story

HIP 86786 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86786: right ascension 17h 44m 1s, declination −5° 55′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86786. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86786, HD 161131, Gaia DR3 4175213441607606912. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.