Its story

HIP 85222 has a visual magnitude of about 7.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85222: right ascension 17h 24m 51s, declination −41° 30′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85222. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85222, HD 157387, Gaia DR3 5959598767762971648. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.