Its story

HIP 84865 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84865: right ascension 17h 20m 43s, declination −38° 1′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84865. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84865, HD 156688, Gaia DR3 5972792078295871488. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.