Its story

HIP 86473 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86473: right ascension 17h 40m 7s, declination +39° 45′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 86473. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86473, HD 160821, Gaia DR3 1343910389499889408. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.