Its story

HIP 102579 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102579: right ascension 20h 47m 16s, declination −47° 10′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 102579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102579, HD 197713, Gaia DR3 6482479321941847040. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.