Its story

HIP 101998 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 101998: right ascension 20h 40m 13s, declination −2° 39′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Equuleus constellation (IAU figure Equ).

HIP 101998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 101998, HD 196870, Gaia DR3 4225247538560675328. In the SkyKeepsake Equuleus (Equ) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.