Its story

HIP 100229 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 100229: right ascension 20h 19m 40s, declination −40° 38′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 100229. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 100229, HD 193042, Gaia DR3 6680514147926625280. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.