Its story

HIP 80518 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80518: right ascension 16h 26m 13s, declination −34° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 80518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80518, HD 147957, Gaia DR3 6022347174746001408. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.