Its story

HIP 104312 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 104312: right ascension 21h 7m 54s, declination −56° 38′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).

HIP 104312. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104312, HD 200787, Gaia DR3 6456977317966100480. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.