Its story

HIP 83448 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83448: right ascension 17h 3m 18s, declination −31° 36′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 83448. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83448, HD 153855, Gaia DR3 6028204720002363392. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.