Its story

HIP 86498 has a visual magnitude of about 8.85: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86498: right ascension 17h 40m 35s, declination −25° 37′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 86498. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86498, HD 160350, Gaia DR3 4061944640016698880. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.