Its story

HIP 86944 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86944: right ascension 17h 45m 57s, declination +5° 41′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86944, HD 161572, Gaia DR3 4474071147393145344. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.