Its story

HIP 83040 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83040: right ascension 16h 58m 8s, declination −58° 59′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 83040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83040, HD 152642, Gaia DR3 5915240070602397696. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.