Its story

HIP 84643 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84643: right ascension 17h 18m 15s, declination −0° 45′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84643. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84643, HD 156549, Gaia DR3 4368204013179503616. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.