Its story

HIP 84959 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84959: right ascension 17h 21m 52s, declination −77° 11′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 84959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84959, HD 155557, Gaia DR3 5776978403237786624. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.