Its story

HIP 85844 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85844: right ascension 17h 32m 33s, declination +52° 5′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85844. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85844, HD 159542, Gaia DR3 1416476335866778368. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.