Its story

HIP 88342 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88342: right ascension 18h 2m 28s, declination −3° 9′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88342, HD 164674, Gaia DR3 4177366147933727360. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.