Its story

HIP 102986 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102986: right ascension 20h 51m 56s, declination +8° 46′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Equuleus constellation (IAU figure Equ).

HIP 102986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102986, HD 198704, Gaia DR3 1749923337437458304. In the SkyKeepsake Equuleus (Equ) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.