Its story

HIP 89840 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 89840: right ascension 18h 20m 2s, declination −48° 45′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 89840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89840, HD 167956, Gaia DR3 6706568484702446720. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.