Its story

HIP 85782 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85782: right ascension 17h 31m 43s, declination −41° 2′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 85782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85782, HD 158531, Gaia DR3 5959329421781928960. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.