Its story

HIP 85038 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85038: right ascension 17h 22m 48s, declination −58° 28′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85038, HD 156751, Gaia DR3 5916065494590234368. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.