Its story

HIP 84479 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84479: right ascension 17h 16m 14s, declination +2° 11′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84479. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84479, HD 156208, Gaia DR3 4387422449939469696. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.