Its story

HIP 102588 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102588: right ascension 20h 47m 24s, declination −45° 51′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 102588. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102588, HD 197748, Gaia DR3 6482872397349209984. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.