Its story

HIP 86992 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 86992: right ascension 17h 46m 36s, declination −16° 0′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86992. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86992, HD 161523, Gaia DR3 4148112198044365312. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.