Its story

HIP 96944 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96944: right ascension 19h 42m 28s, declination +80° 29′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 96944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96944, HD 188231, Gaia DR3 2295202833330879232. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.