Its story

HIP 85493 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85493: right ascension 17h 28m 18s, declination −63° 49′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85493, HD 157537, Gaia DR3 5910144005993366528. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.