Its story

HIP 116972 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116972: right ascension 23h 42m 44s, declination +16° 20′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Pegasus constellation (IAU figure Peg).

HIP 116972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116972, HD 222683, Gaia DR3 2819898956154808064. In the SkyKeepsake Pegasus (Peg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.