Its story

HIP 88104 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88104: right ascension 17h 59m 38s, declination −56° 15′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 88104. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88104, HD 163486, Gaia DR3 5920134306078353920. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.