Its story

HIP 84801 has a visual magnitude of about 6.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84801: right ascension 17h 19m 60s, declination −5° 55′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84801. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84801, HD 156826, Gaia DR3 4361365433110271232. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.