Its story

HIP 90950 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 90950: right ascension 18h 33m 10s, declination −18° 22′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 90950. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90950, HD 171012, Gaia DR3 4093346863913375232. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.