Its story

HIP 86956 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86956: right ascension 17h 46m 9s, declination −44° 36′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 86956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86956, HD 161157, Gaia DR3 5955468589737728000. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.