Its story

HIP 102956 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102956: right ascension 20h 51m 34s, declination +49° 39′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Cygnus constellation (IAU figure Cyg).

HIP 102956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102956, HD 198877, Gaia DR3 2168104786727791104. In the SkyKeepsake Cygnus (Cyg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.