Its story

HIP 99257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 99257: right ascension 20h 8m 57s, declination +62° 4′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cepheus constellation (IAU figure Cep).

HIP 99257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 99257, HD 191940, Gaia DR3 2237927966972481792. In the SkyKeepsake Cepheus (Cep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.