Its story

HIP 85742 has a visual magnitude of about 7.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85742: right ascension 17h 31m 18s, declination +69° 35′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85742, HD 159906, Gaia DR3 1638392313888789760. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.