Its story

HIP 88257 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88257: right ascension 18h 1m 23s, declination +65° 56′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88257, HD 165522, Gaia DR3 2161688071217418240. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.