Its story

HIP 97294 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97294: right ascension 19h 46m 25s, declination −24° 52′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 97294. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97294, HD 186613, Gaia DR3 6767351823941931008. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.