Its story

HIP 80260 has a visual magnitude of about 8.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80260: right ascension 16h 23m 6s, declination +13° 50′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 80260. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80260, HD 147735, Gaia DR3 4463714916089984512. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.