Its story

HIP 83258 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 83258: right ascension 17h 1m 1s, declination −29° 40′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 83258. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83258, HD 153484, Gaia DR3 6029454860275943296. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.