Its story

HIP 85240 has a visual magnitude of about 9.66: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 85240: right ascension 17h 25m 6s, declination −16° 43′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 85240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85240, Gaia DR3 4135077075337565696. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.