Its story

HIP 81853 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81853: right ascension 16h 43m 6s, declination −36° 38′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 81853. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81853, HD 150530, Gaia DR3 6019520738365182976. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.