Its story

HIP 97511 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97511: right ascension 19h 49m 10s, declination −76° 54′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 97511. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97511, HD 185712, Gaia DR3 6366013037373280256. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.