Its story

HIP 86721 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86721: right ascension 17h 43m 11s, declination +24° 47′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86721. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86721, HD 161197, Gaia DR3 4581712579838923776. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.