Its story

HIP 85678 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85678: right ascension 17h 30m 32s, declination +68° 44′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85678. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85678, HD 159712, Gaia DR3 1637541223169313280. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.