Its story

HIP 81861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81861: right ascension 16h 43m 12s, declination −4° 9′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81861, HD 150765, Gaia DR3 4354467337674932864. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.