Its story

HIP 85530 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85530: right ascension 17h 28m 44s, declination −82° 46′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 85530. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85530, HD 155454, Gaia DR3 5773844799394753408. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.