Its story

HIP 88615 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88615: right ascension 18h 5m 33s, declination −19° 45′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88615. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88615, HD 165202, Gaia DR3 4095030181777183616. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.