Its story

HIP 88898 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88898: right ascension 18h 8m 52s, declination +1° 59′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88898. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88898, HD 166073, Gaia DR3 4468278817065661824. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.