Its story

HIP 85300 has a visual magnitude of about 7.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85300: right ascension 17h 25m 52s, declination −49° 15′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85300. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85300, HD 157454, Gaia DR3 5949693095674454016. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.