Its story

HIP 80243 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80243: right ascension 16h 22m 55s, declination +61° 41′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 80243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80243, HD 148226, Gaia DR3 1628229527914028544. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.