Its story

HIP 102196 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102196: right ascension 20h 42m 26s, declination +30° 16′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cygnus constellation (IAU figure Cyg).

HIP 102196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102196, HD 197395, Gaia DR3 1859302204421348352. In the SkyKeepsake Cygnus (Cyg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.