Its story

HIP 85714 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85714: right ascension 17h 30m 55s, declination −81° 36′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 85714. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85714, HD 156191, Gaia DR3 5774305700925716992. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.