Its story

HIP 88972 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88972: right ascension 18h 9m 37s, declination +38° 27′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 88972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88972, HD 166620, Gaia DR3 4610177733290768896. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.