Its story

HIP 86870 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86870: right ascension 17h 44m 56s, declination +59° 50′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 86870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86870, HD 238749, Gaia DR3 1435061071673222656. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.