Its story

HIP 88716 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88716: right ascension 18h 6m 40s, declination +64° 13′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88716. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88716, HD 166578, Gaia DR3 2161080659762025984. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.