Its story

HIP 97248 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97248: right ascension 19h 45m 55s, declination −52° 31′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 97248. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97248, HD 186268, Gaia DR3 6642643153535044608. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.