Its story

HIP 84958 has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84958: right ascension 17h 21m 52s, declination −20° 34′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84958. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84958, HD 157072, Gaia DR3 4121177255522735872. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.