Its story

HIP 98957 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 98957: right ascension 20h 5m 29s, declination −70° 11′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 98957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 98957, HD 189472, Gaia DR3 6422637783125372928. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.