Its story

HIP 83774 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83774: right ascension 17h 7m 19s, declination −76° 13′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 83774. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83774, HD 153298, Gaia DR3 5801850356988783232. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.