Its story

HIP 85617 has a visual magnitude of about 6.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85617: right ascension 17h 29m 44s, declination −19° 28′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85617, HD 158377, Gaia DR3 4121695984487449600. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.