Its story

HIP 88050 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88050: right ascension 17h 59m 2s, declination −6° 38′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88050. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88050, HD 163932, Gaia DR3 4172102751418460544. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.