Its story

HIP 104487 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 104487: right ascension 21h 9m 60s, declination −22° 31′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).

HIP 104487. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104487, HD 201407, Gaia DR3 6804898428042558464. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.