Its story

HIP 80266 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 80266: right ascension 16h 23m 8s, declination −0° 15′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80266. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80266, HD 147642, Gaia DR3 4407652020780619264. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.