Its story

HIP 85997 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 85997: right ascension 17h 34m 33s, declination −18° 13′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85997, HD 159273, Gaia DR3 4123408886202921472. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.