Its story

HIP 86711 has a visual magnitude of about 7.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86711: right ascension 17h 43m 3s, declination +37° 34′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86711. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86711, HD 161287, Gaia DR3 1342662100205455616. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.