Its story

HIP 85873 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85873: right ascension 17h 32m 53s, declination +21° 52′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 85873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85873, Gaia DR3 4556734149556095488. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.