Its story

HIP 90012 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90012: right ascension 18h 22m 0s, declination −28° 25′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 90012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90012, HD 168646, Gaia DR3 4051416094657123840. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.