Its story

HIP 85424 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 85424: right ascension 17h 27m 21s, declination −47° 56′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 85424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85424, HD 157723, Gaia DR3 5950243882284038144. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.