Its story

HIP 102855 has a visual magnitude of about 8.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102855: right ascension 20h 50m 16s, declination −75° 2′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 102855. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102855, HD 197324, Gaia DR3 6369481893479499776. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.