Its story

HIP 106406 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 106406: right ascension 21h 33m 7s, declination −78° 32′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 106406. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 106406, HD 204086, Gaia DR3 6355876502235692032. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.