Its story

HIP 85480 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 85480: right ascension 17h 28m 8s, declination −63° 2′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85480, HD 157524, Gaia DR3 5910286014791972224. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.