Its story

HIP 84657 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84657: right ascension 17h 18m 24s, declination −50° 12′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 84657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84657, HD 156123, Gaia DR3 5926321945233624064. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.