Its story

HIP 85474 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85474: right ascension 17h 28m 2s, declination −8° 12′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85474, HD 158170, Gaia DR3 4167759955359819520. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.