Its story

HIP 90985 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 90985: right ascension 18h 33m 32s, declination +1° 54′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 90985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90985, HD 171234, Gaia DR3 4273885436158791168. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.