Its story

HIP 102863 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102863: right ascension 20h 50m 24s, declination +31° 21′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Cygnus constellation (IAU figure Cyg).

HIP 102863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102863, HD 198597, Gaia DR3 1859648378790141952. In the SkyKeepsake Cygnus (Cyg) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.