Its story

HIP 102979 has a visual magnitude of about 10.26: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 102979: right ascension 20h 51m 50s, declination −34° 33′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

HIP 102979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102979, HD 198504, Gaia DR3 6779762149123733504. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.