Its story

HIP 86863 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 86863: right ascension 17h 44m 52s, declination +38° 19′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86863, HD 161619, Gaia DR3 1342800088914953216. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.