Its story

HIP 89238 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 89238: right ascension 18h 12m 38s, declination −28° 14′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagittarius constellation (IAU figure Sgr).

HIP 89238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89238, HD 166612, Gaia DR3 4050882728374625792. In the SkyKeepsake Sagittarius (Sgr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.