Its story

HIP 85393 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85393: right ascension 17h 26m 56s, declination −51° 56′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85393. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85393, HD 157599, Gaia DR3 5925135262938587520. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.