Its story

HIP 88694 has a visual magnitude of about 5.81: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88694: right ascension 18h 6m 24s, declination −36° 1′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 88694. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88694, HD 165185, Gaia DR3 4038724053986441856. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.