Its story

HIP 85657 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85657: right ascension 17h 30m 20s, declination +63° 46′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85657, HD 159428, Gaia DR3 1440467782664263168. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.