Its story

HIP 86431 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86431: right ascension 17h 39m 36s, declination +37° 10′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86431, HD 160693, Gaia DR3 1342299192648782592. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.