Its story

HIP 102435 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102435: right ascension 20h 45m 24s, declination −30° 28′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 102435. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102435, HD 197541, Gaia DR3 6794952692535208576. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.