Its story

HIP 88981 has a visual magnitude of about 5.86: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88981: right ascension 18h 9m 43s, declination −13° 56′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88981, HD 166103, Gaia DR3 4147330582642537344. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.