Its story

HIP 88212 has a visual magnitude of about 7.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88212: right ascension 18h 0m 50s, declination +53° 37′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88212. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88212, HD 164986, Gaia DR3 2125653020726090496. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.