Its story

HIP 85295 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 85295: right ascension 17h 25m 45s, declination +2° 6′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85295. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85295, HD 157881, Gaia DR3 4375233191015944192. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.