Its story

HIP 85952 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85952: right ascension 17h 33m 59s, declination −17° 50′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85952. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85952, HD 159172, Gaia DR3 4123457191604498432. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.