Its story

HIP 84053 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84053: right ascension 17h 11m 1s, declination −72° 51′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 84053. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84053, HD 154208, Gaia DR3 5804302985175979008. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.