Its story

HIP 86699 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86699: right ascension 17h 42m 52s, declination +0° 38′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86699. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86699, HD 160969, Gaia DR3 4372374808679921664. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.