Its story

HIP 96840 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96840: right ascension 19h 41m 6s, declination +13° 48′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagitta constellation (IAU figure Sge).

HIP 96840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96840, HD 185936, Gaia DR3 4317157059905694592. In the SkyKeepsake Sagitta (Sge) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.