Its story

HIP 85992 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85992: right ascension 17h 34m 30s, declination +43° 30′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85992. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85992, HD 159814, Gaia DR3 1348512154899892736. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.