Its story

HIP 85035 has a visual magnitude of about 6.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85035: right ascension 17h 22m 46s, declination −45° 36′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85035. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85035, HD 156979, Gaia DR3 5952775576537356544. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.