Its story

HIP 84461 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84461: right ascension 17h 15m 56s, declination −87° 34′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 84461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84461, HD 148451, Gaia DR3 5765239059323778560. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.