Its story

HIP 97869 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97869: right ascension 19h 53m 17s, declination −72° 28′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 97869. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97869, HD 186879, Gaia DR3 6416135614956513280. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.