Its story

HIP 88232 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88232: right ascension 18h 1m 3s, declination +48° 27′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 88232. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88232, HD 164940, Gaia DR3 2122727666961547264. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.