Its story

HIP 90953 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90953: right ascension 18h 33m 14s, declination −24° 6′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 90953. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90953, HD 170978, Gaia DR3 4077478849530993280. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.