Its story

HIP 82656 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82656: right ascension 16h 53m 48s, declination −8° 58′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 82656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82656, HD 152469, Gaia DR3 4339274217282494976. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.