Its story

HIP 84700 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84700: right ascension 17h 18m 52s, declination −62° 52′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 84700. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84700, HD 155951, Gaia DR3 5913267164469412736. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.