Its story

HIP 80846 has a visual magnitude of about 7.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80846: right ascension 16h 30m 35s, declination −27° 10′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 80846. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80846, HD 148643, Gaia DR3 6044771233355102208. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.