Its story

HIP 86858 has a visual magnitude of about 8.76: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86858: right ascension 17h 44m 49s, declination −26° 35′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 86858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86858, HD 161117, Gaia DR3 4061030327380517376. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.