Its story

HIP 88532 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88532: right ascension 18h 4m 43s, declination −15° 21′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88532. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88532, HD 165049, Gaia DR3 4146713172535245312. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.