Its story

HIP 81461 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81461: right ascension 16h 38m 17s, declination −2° 26′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81461, HD 149996, Gaia DR3 4357970862757362688. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.