Its story

HIP 94500 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 94500: right ascension 19h 14m 0s, declination −14° 2′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 94500. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 94500, HD 179688, Gaia DR3 4185432852446192896. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.