Its story

HIP 88840 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88840: right ascension 18h 8m 5s, declination +40° 54′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 88840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88840, HD 166300, Gaia DR3 2112608208617028096. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.