Its story

HIP 88497 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88497: right ascension 18h 4m 16s, declination +67° 25′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88497, Gaia DR3 2257963851966794240. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.