Its story

HIP 82940 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82940: right ascension 16h 56m 56s, declination +29° 6′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 82940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82940, Gaia DR3 1309495297593963008. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.