Its story

HIP 85706 has a visual magnitude of about 7.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85706: right ascension 17h 30m 51s, declination +34° 16′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85706. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85706, HD 159003, Gaia DR3 1335508265238212864. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.