Its story

HIP 84861 has a visual magnitude of about 9.26: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 84861: right ascension 17h 20m 39s, declination −24° 42′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 84861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 84861, Gaia DR3 4110799996091448832. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.