Its story

HIP 81246 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81246: right ascension 16h 35m 39s, declination +24° 19′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 81246. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81246, HD 149721, Gaia DR3 1300546441176235520. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.