Its story

HIP 116897 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116897: right ascension 23h 41m 43s, declination −55° 14′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).

HIP 116897. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116897, HD 222540, Gaia DR3 6497601901789833216. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.