Its story

HIP 88097 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88097: right ascension 17h 59m 33s, declination +79° 48′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 88097. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88097, Gaia DR3 1706490081222605568. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.