Its story

HIP 88385 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88385: right ascension 18h 2m 55s, declination +56° 26′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88385. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88385, HD 165501, Gaia DR3 2150403542863506944. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.