Its story

HIP 96997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96997: right ascension 19h 42m 53s, declination +37° 40′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cygnus constellation (IAU figure Cyg).

HIP 96997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96997, HD 186438, Gaia DR3 2049034819957965312. In the SkyKeepsake Cygnus (Cyg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.