Its story

HIP 88082 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88082: right ascension 17h 59m 21s, declination −77° 49′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 88082. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88082, HD 162049, Gaia DR3 5800672264638137216. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.