Its story

HIP 98444 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 98444: right ascension 20h 0m 8s, declination −50° 12′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 98444. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 98444, HD 188986, Gaia DR3 6666990361063486976. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.