Its story

HIP 80434 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 80434: right ascension 16h 25m 6s, declination +31° 44′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 80434. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80434, Gaia DR3 1325196632875666432. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.