Its story

HIP 102538 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102538: right ascension 20h 46m 45s, declination −27° 10′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).

HIP 102538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102538, HD 197804, Gaia DR3 6798947630596830208. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.