Its story

HIP 83618 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 83618: right ascension 17h 5m 23s, declination −58° 4′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 83618. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83618, HD 153860, Gaia DR3 5916710392526604032. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.