Its story

HIP 85269 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 85269: right ascension 17h 25m 25s, declination +34° 11′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85269. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85269, HD 158016, Gaia DR3 1335644742118718464. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.