Its story

HIP 96440 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96440: right ascension 19h 36m 26s, declination −18° 51′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96440, HD 184705, Gaia DR3 6869593898383897600. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.