Its story

HIP 86678 has a visual magnitude of about 9.46: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86678: right ascension 17h 42m 36s, declination −3° 49′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86678. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86678, HD 160913, Gaia DR3 4176515366453495808. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.