Its story

HIP 85502 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85502: right ascension 17h 28m 24s, declination −20° 21′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85502. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85502, HD 158152, Gaia DR3 4121064589952555008. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.