Its story

HIP 102142 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 102142: right ascension 20h 41m 51s, declination −34° 17′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 102142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102142, HD 196984, Gaia DR3 6791611792095339520. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.