Its story

HIP 84288 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84288: right ascension 17h 13m 53s, declination −56° 48′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 84288. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84288, HD 155299, Gaia DR3 5916539658988961152. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.