Its story

HIP 84217 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 84217: right ascension 17h 12m 54s, declination +0° 21′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84217. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84217, HD 155646, Gaia DR3 4380575722314322432. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.