Its story

HIP 90043 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90043: right ascension 18h 22m 25s, declination −32° 12′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 90043. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90043, HD 168684, Gaia DR3 4045954682932640256. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.