Its story

HIP 88984 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88984: right ascension 18h 9m 45s, declination −11° 43′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88984, HD 166144, Gaia DR3 4150887983807761408. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.