Its story

HIP 100491 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 100491: right ascension 20h 22m 41s, declination −78° 57′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 100491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 100491, HD 192074, Gaia DR3 6361804931495484928. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.