Its story

HIP 104259 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 104259: right ascension 21h 7m 19s, declination +4° 8′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Equuleus constellation (IAU figure Equ).

HIP 104259. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104259, HD 201097, Gaia DR3 1732808648676290816. In the SkyKeepsake Equuleus (Equ) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.