Its story

HIP 84397 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84397: right ascension 17h 15m 17s, declination −7° 12′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 84397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84397, HD 155990, Gaia DR3 4360421704239120384. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.