Its story

HIP 85539 has a visual magnitude of about 7.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85539: right ascension 17h 28m 50s, declination +41° 23′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85539. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85539, HD 158693, Gaia DR3 1347441333653548032. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.