Its story

HIP 102959 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102959: right ascension 20h 51m 36s, declination −27° 59′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 102959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102959, HD 198501, Gaia DR3 6795650023426469760. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.