Its story

HIP 85211 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85211: right ascension 17h 24m 43s, declination −45° 0′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 85211. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85211, HD 157316, Gaia DR3 5952444383044606336. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.