Its story

HIP 86581 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86581: right ascension 17h 41m 38s, declination +4° 10′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86581. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86581, HD 160783, Gaia DR3 4473291181333195776. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.