Its story

HIP 85311 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85311: right ascension 17h 25m 59s, declination −6° 34′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85311, HD 157841, Gaia DR3 4361818431902034432. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.