Its story

HIP 85309 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85309: right ascension 17h 25m 59s, declination +77° 6′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 85309. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85309, HD 159606, Gaia DR3 1705185892929494016. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.