Its story

HIP 80257 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 80257: right ascension 16h 23m 5s, declination +19° 30′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 80257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80257, HD 147769, Gaia DR3 1201115440011542016. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.