Its story

HIP 85556 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85556: right ascension 17h 29m 3s, declination +33° 45′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85556. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85556, HD 158654, Gaia DR3 1335465109406718976. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.