Its story

HIP 104244 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 104244: right ascension 21h 7m 14s, declination −83° 55′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 104244. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104244, HD 198661, Gaia DR3 6344830602266587136. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.