Its story

HIP 86643 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86643: right ascension 17h 42m 13s, declination +52° 3′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 86643. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86643, HD 161353, Gaia DR3 1368472998228279040. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.