Its story

HIP 83603 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83603: right ascension 17h 5m 19s, declination −47° 4′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 83603. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83603, HD 154043, Gaia DR3 5962879263745390080. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.