Its story

HIP 82240 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82240: right ascension 16h 48m 7s, declination +27° 52′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 82240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82240, HD 151733, Gaia DR3 1307635301876686336. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.