Its story

HIP 88990 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88990: right ascension 18h 9m 48s, declination −44° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 88990. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88990, HD 165753, Gaia DR3 6720697002974511104. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.