Its story

HIP 88326 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88326: right ascension 18h 2m 22s, declination −12° 19′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88326. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88326, HD 164579, Gaia DR3 4150932617117435904. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.