Its story

HIP 96779 has a visual magnitude of about 8.63: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96779: right ascension 19h 40m 17s, declination −16° 52′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96779. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96779, HD 185571, Gaia DR3 4180096196646775808. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.