Its story

HIP 85160 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85160: right ascension 17h 24m 11s, declination +36° 55′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85160. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85160, HD 157879, Gaia DR3 1337304695438982912. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.