Its story

HIP 83849 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83849: right ascension 17h 8m 8s, declination −48° 53′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 83849. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83849, HD 154486, Gaia DR3 5926689800606449152. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.