Its story

HIP 96763 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96763: right ascension 19h 40m 10s, declination −20° 32′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96763. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96763, HD 185516, Gaia DR3 6868336641196700800. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.