Its story

HIP 98161 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 98161: right ascension 19h 56m 57s, declination −1° 12′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Aquila constellation (IAU figure Aql).

HIP 98161. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 98161, HD 188805, Gaia DR3 4235262753764101632. In the SkyKeepsake Aquila (Aql) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.