Its story

HIP 84496 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84496: right ascension 17h 16m 29s, declination +60° 40′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 84496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84496, HD 156947, Gaia DR3 1437637674093931520. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.