Its story

HIP 96979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96979: right ascension 19h 42m 46s, declination +8° 22′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Aquila constellation (IAU figure Aql).

HIP 96979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96979, HD 186226, Gaia DR3 4301163357576782464. In the SkyKeepsake Aquila (Aql) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.