Its story

HIP 86017 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86017: right ascension 17h 34m 46s, declination −0° 0′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86017. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86017, HD 159429, Gaia DR3 4373757543332184576. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.