Its story

HIP 91246 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 91246: right ascension 18h 36m 42s, declination −17° 12′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 91246. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 91246, HD 171640, Gaia DR3 4099710046941250048. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.