Its story

HIP 106986 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 106986: right ascension 21h 40m 6s, declination −57° 26′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 106986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 106986, HD 205848, Gaia DR3 6459052165125223680. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.