Its story

HIP 82974 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82974: right ascension 16h 57m 21s, declination +43° 41′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 82974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82974, HD 153399, Gaia DR3 1358267434378267904. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.