Its story

HIP 81980 has a visual magnitude of about 10.08: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 81980: right ascension 16h 44m 49s, declination −15° 29′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 81980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 81980, Gaia DR3 4325962979765837312. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.