Its story

HIP 83494 has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83494: right ascension 17h 3m 53s, declination +34° 47′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 83494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83494, HD 154431, Gaia DR3 1338021473942133376. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.