Its story

HIP 83898 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83898: right ascension 17h 8m 48s, declination −13° 7′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 83898. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83898, HD 154896, Gaia DR3 4140690047802961280. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.