Its story

HIP 84238 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84238: right ascension 17h 13m 9s, declination −37° 57′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84238, HD 155416, Gaia DR3 5973552497981951360. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.