Its story

HIP 97226 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 97226: right ascension 19h 45m 39s, declination −70° 37′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 97226. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97226, HD 185618, Gaia DR3 6417320132577148288. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.