Its story

HIP 84042 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84042: right ascension 17h 10m 51s, declination −73° 40′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 84042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84042, HD 154122, Gaia DR3 5802750444690243712. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.