Its story

HIP 88123 has a visual magnitude of about 7.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88123: right ascension 17h 59m 56s, declination −33° 24′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 88123. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88123, HD 163868, Gaia DR3 4042509775560348672. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.