Its story

HIP 96496 has a visual magnitude of about 5.27: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96496: right ascension 19h 37m 3s, declination −18° 13′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96496, HD 184835, Gaia DR3 6870038822635780864. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.