Its story

HIP 86671 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86671: right ascension 17h 42m 30s, declination −2° 25′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86671. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86671, HD 160868, Gaia DR3 4369381903670514688. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.