Its story

HIP 81596 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81596: right ascension 16h 39m 48s, declination +34° 37′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 81596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81596, HD 150463, Gaia DR3 1326802950644357632. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.