Its story

HIP 82991 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82991: right ascension 16h 57m 34s, declination −55° 51′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 82991. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82991, HD 152640, Gaia DR3 5917542310526683136. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.