Its story

HIP 94256 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 94256: right ascension 19h 11m 10s, declination −2° 38′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Aquila constellation (IAU figure Aql).

HIP 94256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 94256, HD 179079, Gaia DR3 4261265619668314624. In the SkyKeepsake Aquila (Aql) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.