Its story

HIP 85947 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85947: right ascension 17h 33m 57s, declination +75° 13′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 85947. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85947, Gaia DR3 1655970481160135424. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.