Its story

HIP 86805 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86805: right ascension 17h 44m 16s, declination +5° 42′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86805. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86805, HD 161261, Gaia DR3 4473740881588705280. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.