Its story

HIP 88542 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88542: right ascension 18h 4m 49s, declination −34° 43′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Australis constellation (IAU figure CrA).

HIP 88542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88542, HD 164887, Gaia DR3 4039148667214544384. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Australis (CrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.