Its story

HIP 88795 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88795: right ascension 18h 7m 34s, declination −9° 10′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88795. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88795, HD 165686, Gaia DR3 4158220833015099392. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.