Its story

HIP 84988 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84988: right ascension 17h 22m 9s, declination −75° 20′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 84988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84988, HD 155918, Gaia DR3 5801950515627094400. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.