Its story

HIP 84977 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 84977: right ascension 17h 22m 5s, declination +31° 59′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 84977. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84977, HD 157465, Gaia DR3 1333670672070554880. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.