Its story

HIP 84956 has a visual magnitude of about 8.78: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84956: right ascension 17h 21m 51s, declination −49° 17′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 84956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84956, HD 156746, Gaia DR3 5949668597189439488. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.