Its story

HIP 85682 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85682: right ascension 17h 30m 34s, declination −43° 13′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 85682. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85682, HD 158306, Gaia DR3 5958687891103171968. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.