Its story

HIP 85917 has a visual magnitude of about 9.02: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85917: right ascension 17h 33m 27s, declination −3° 26′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85917, HD 159188, Gaia DR3 4368873482622677504. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.