Its story

HIP 96118 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 96118: right ascension 19h 32m 36s, declination −79° 11′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 96118. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96118, HD 181747, Gaia DR3 6361049910604813312. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.