Its story

HIP 85001 has a visual magnitude of about 7.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85001: right ascension 17h 22m 25s, declination +40° 41′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85001. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85001, HD 157616, Gaia DR3 1346987407150140416. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.