Its story

HIP 84666 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84666: right ascension 17h 18m 31s, declination −38° 47′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84666. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84666, HD 156301, Gaia DR3 5972670827109063680. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.