Its story

HIP 85048 has a visual magnitude of about 5.62: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85048: right ascension 17h 22m 55s, declination −37° 13′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85048, HD 157097, Gaia DR3 5974386614974129536. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.