Its story

HIP 88297 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88297: right ascension 18h 1m 52s, declination −19° 6′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88297, HD 164438, Gaia DR3 4095308873632903168. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.