Its story

HIP 89731 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 89731: right ascension 18h 18m 42s, declination −25° 36′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 89731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89731, HD 167979, Gaia DR3 4053086665109258624. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.