Its story

HIP 84748 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84748: right ascension 17h 19m 25s, declination −44° 13′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 84748. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84748, HD 156398, Gaia DR3 5953285848666591232. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.