Its story

HIP 86875 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 86875: right ascension 17h 44m 59s, declination −16° 45′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86875. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86875, HD 161227, Gaia DR3 4123849927791444480. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.