Its story

HIP 81039 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81039: right ascension 16h 33m 5s, declination −60° 54′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 81039. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81039, HD 148638, Gaia DR3 5830447000863289344. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.