Its story

HIP 80872 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 80872: right ascension 16h 30m 49s, declination −2° 18′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80872, HD 148818, Gaia DR3 4358172554419503104. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.