Its story

HIP 88842 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88842: right ascension 18h 8m 8s, declination +25° 10′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 88842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88842, HD 166094, Gaia DR3 4579314094003631616. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.