Its story

HIP 84975 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84975: right ascension 17h 22m 4s, declination +5° 0′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84975. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84975, HD 157261, Gaia DR3 4390128726013642112. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.