Its story

HIP 90179 has a visual magnitude of about 6.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90179: right ascension 18h 24m 8s, declination +79° 13′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 90179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90179, HD 171606, Gaia DR3 2294311335558000896. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.