Its story

HIP 85643 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85643: right ascension 17h 30m 7s, declination +66° 56′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 85643. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85643, Gaia DR3 1634131598955907328. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.