Its story

HIP 97742 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97742: right ascension 19h 51m 46s, declination −37° 20′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 97742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97742, HD 187518, Gaia DR3 6692111624778787200. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.