Its story

HIP 83979 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83979: right ascension 17h 10m 1s, declination +36° 50′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 83979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83979, Gaia DR3 1338675511561234432. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.