Its story

HIP 85342 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85342: right ascension 17h 26m 23s, declination −48° 36′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85342, HD 157555, Gaia DR3 5950107164894727552. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.