Its story

HIP 81279 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81279: right ascension 16h 36m 3s, declination +1° 22′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81279, HD 149652, Gaia DR3 4432109042032654848. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.