Its story

HIP 80724 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 80724: right ascension 16h 28m 53s, declination −10° 20′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 80724. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80724, HD 148497, Gaia DR3 4332396394093498368. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.