Its story

HIP 84638 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84638: right ascension 17h 18m 12s, declination −39° 41′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84638. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84638, HD 156216, Gaia DR3 5972048189959050240. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.