Its story

HIP 96948 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96948: right ascension 19h 42m 30s, declination +1° 35′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Aquila constellation (IAU figure Aql).

HIP 96948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96948, HD 186104, Gaia DR3 4240035046551668736. In the SkyKeepsake Aquila (Aql) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.