Its story

HIP 85268 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 85268: right ascension 17h 25m 24s, declination +52° 47′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85268, HD 158259, Gaia DR3 1416050859226670848. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.