Its story

HIP 85171 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85171: right ascension 17h 24m 20s, declination −29° 52′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85171. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85171, HD 157416, Gaia DR3 4059076220369749504. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.