Its story

HIP 85974 has a visual magnitude of about 6.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85974: right ascension 17h 34m 15s, declination −24° 52′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85974, HD 159173, Gaia DR3 4110263228205621632. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.