Its story

HIP 85449 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85449: right ascension 17h 27m 44s, declination −3° 7′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85449. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85449, HD 158149, Gaia DR3 4363886166596212736. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.