Its story

HIP 88512 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88512: right ascension 18h 4m 27s, declination −59° 10′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 88512. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88512, HD 164371, Gaia DR3 6647634180413396608. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.