Its story

HIP 88947 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88947: right ascension 18h 9m 22s, declination −36° 40′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 88947. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88947, HD 165793, Gaia DR3 4037880488019913344. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.