Its story

HIP 88262 has a visual magnitude of about 7.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88262: right ascension 18h 1m 26s, declination −55° 58′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 88262. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88262, HD 163822, Gaia DR3 6652175610114434048. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.