Its story

HIP 96172 has a visual magnitude of about 9.64: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96172: right ascension 19h 33m 18s, declination −31° 37′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96172, Gaia DR3 6745987007346298880. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.