Its story

HIP 97738 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97738: right ascension 19h 51m 43s, declination −50° 58′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 97738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97738, HD 187294, Gaia DR3 6669835416119721216. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.