Its story

HIP 83942 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83942: right ascension 17h 9m 27s, declination +22° 5′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 83942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83942, HD 155228, Gaia DR3 4568198963458261632. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.