Its story

HIP 83638 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83638: right ascension 17h 5m 35s, declination +3° 46′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 83638. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83638, HD 154478, Gaia DR3 4391251189942531456. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.