Its story

HIP 86549 has a visual magnitude of about 7.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86549: right ascension 17h 41m 14s, declination +35° 44′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86549. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86549, HD 160951, Gaia DR3 4608646762130281472. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.