Its story

HIP 98579 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 98579: right ascension 20h 1m 27s, declination −40° 48′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 98579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 98579, HD 189388, Gaia DR3 6687567033982621056. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.