Its story

HIP 86683 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86683: right ascension 17h 42m 40s, declination −15° 33′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86683. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86683, HD 160825, Gaia DR3 4148946864787065344. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.