Its story

HIP 85942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85942: right ascension 17h 33m 55s, declination +21° 33′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85942, HD 159442, Gaia DR3 4556675325687567872. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.