Its story

HIP 83499 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83499: right ascension 17h 3m 57s, declination −37° 50′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 83499. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83499, HD 153919, Gaia DR3 5976382915813535232. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.