Its story

HIP 84494 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84494: right ascension 17h 16m 28s, declination −25° 18′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84494, HD 156061, Gaia DR3 4109437804232912000. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.