Its story

HIP 81420 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81420: right ascension 16h 37m 46s, declination +42° 31′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 81420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81420, Gaia DR3 1357185304481515776. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.