Its story

HIP 85690 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85690: right ascension 17h 30m 41s, declination −19° 6′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85690. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85690, HD 158526, Gaia DR3 4121802808923979264. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.