Its story

HIP 88846 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88846: right ascension 18h 8m 11s, declination +88° 49′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 88846. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88846, HD 187138, Gaia DR3 2305666232656227840. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.