Its story

HIP 85174 has a visual magnitude of about 8.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85174: right ascension 17h 24m 23s, declination −28° 39′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85174. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85174, HD 157434, Gaia DR3 4059769702939160064. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.