Its story

HIP 86599 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 86599: right ascension 17h 41m 50s, declination +23° 45′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86599, HD 160965, Gaia DR3 4581358880693182464. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.