Its story

HIP 85961 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85961: right ascension 17h 34m 7s, declination −31° 3′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 85961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85961, HD 159108, Gaia DR3 4055336506345315840. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.