Its story

HIP 96940 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96940: right ascension 19h 42m 24s, declination −26° 26′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96940, HD 185883, Gaia DR3 6766725239754992640. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.