Its story

HIP 96972 has a visual magnitude of about 10.12: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 96972: right ascension 19h 42m 40s, declination −30° 39′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 96972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96972, HD 185906, Gaia DR3 6751379733927185408. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.