Its story

HIP 97661 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 97661: right ascension 19h 50m 54s, declination −64° 20′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 97661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 97661, HD 186812, Gaia DR3 6440749655915325440. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.