Its story

HIP 97872 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97872: right ascension 19h 53m 19s, declination −4° 34′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Aquila constellation (IAU figure Aql).

HIP 97872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97872, HD 188043, Gaia DR3 4233393068599077888. In the SkyKeepsake Aquila (Aql) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.