Its story

HIP 84945 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84945: right ascension 17h 21m 39s, declination +35° 49′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 84945. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84945, HD 157427, Gaia DR3 1336685395514923520. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.