Its story

HIP 90549 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90549: right ascension 18h 28m 35s, declination −77° 21′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 90549. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90549, HD 168241, Gaia DR3 6365236266769191424. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.