Its story

HIP 102430 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102430: right ascension 20h 45m 21s, declination +46° 21′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Cygnus constellation (IAU figure Cyg).

HIP 102430. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102430, HD 197961, Gaia DR3 2166530389159361536. In the SkyKeepsake Cygnus (Cyg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.