Its story

HIP 96831 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96831: right ascension 19h 40m 53s, declination −58° 16′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 96831. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96831, HD 185113, Gaia DR3 6448118106104835584. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.