Its story

HIP 88855 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88855: right ascension 18h 8m 27s, declination −18° 33′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88855. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88855, HD 165782, Gaia DR3 4095751049077811200. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.