Its story

HIP 80968 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80968: right ascension 16h 32m 1s, declination −9° 41′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80968, HD 148967, Gaia DR3 4338453363133559808. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.