Its story

HIP 84538 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84538: right ascension 17h 16m 58s, declination +74° 8′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 84538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84538, HD 157663, Gaia DR3 1655318264606252032. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.