Its story

HIP 84742 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84742: right ascension 17h 19m 21s, declination −2° 44′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84742, HD 156715, Gaia DR3 4366907173574279552. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.