Its story

HIP 104868 has a visual magnitude of about 7.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 104868: right ascension 21h 14m 35s, declination −42° 41′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 104868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104868, HD 201993, Gaia DR3 6580414643692964864. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.