Its story

HIP 96617 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96617: right ascension 19h 38m 38s, declination +23° 2′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Vulpecula constellation (IAU figure Vul).

HIP 96617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96617, HD 185529, Gaia DR3 2020172850213086464. In the SkyKeepsake Vulpecula (Vul) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.