Its story

HIP 98601 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 98601: right ascension 20h 1m 40s, declination −74° 45′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 98601. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 98601, HD 188322, Gaia DR3 6366911235294343424. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.