Its story

HIP 88531 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88531: right ascension 18h 4m 42s, declination −59° 12′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 88531. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88531, HD 164427, Gaia DR3 6647630950597964544. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.