Its story

HIP 84918 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84918: right ascension 17h 21m 13s, declination −63° 34′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 84918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84918, HD 156310, Gaia DR3 5814142484677609984. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.