Its story

HIP 83871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83871: right ascension 17h 8m 31s, declination −29° 59′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 83871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83871, HD 154753, Gaia DR3 6028961866753658880. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.