Its story

HIP 89242 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 89242: right ascension 18h 12m 40s, declination +2° 48′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 89242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89242, HD 166917, Gaia DR3 4469859876126747392. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.