Its story

HIP 80524 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 80524: right ascension 16h 26m 19s, declination −11° 29′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80524. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80524, HD 148115, Gaia DR3 4331804650679697920. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.