Its story

HIP 99871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 99871: right ascension 20h 15m 43s, declination +78° 1′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 99871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 99871, HD 194191, Gaia DR3 2290635908705812736. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.