Its story

HIP 85242 has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85242: right ascension 17h 25m 6s, declination −24° 14′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85242, HD 157588, Gaia DR3 4111247531641879040. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.