Its story

HIP 85988 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85988: right ascension 17h 34m 29s, declination +68° 7′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85988, HD 160450, Gaia DR3 1637264352397512448. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.