Its story

HIP 85783 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 85783: right ascension 17h 31m 44s, declination −26° 16′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85783. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85783, HD 158704, Gaia DR3 4061669281025139840. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.