Its story

HIP 84430 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84430: right ascension 17h 15m 41s, declination −9° 48′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84430. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84430, HD 156034, Gaia DR3 4143293519539985536. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.