Its story

HIP 88865 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88865: right ascension 18h 8m 35s, declination −75° 6′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 88865. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88865, HD 164250, Gaia DR3 6414634060030220544. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.