Its story

HIP 85820 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85820: right ascension 17h 32m 10s, declination −51° 4′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85820. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85820, HD 158479, Gaia DR3 5949258135737290752. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.