Its story

HIP 88553 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88553: right ascension 18h 4m 54s, declination −44° 39′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 88553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88553, HD 164748, Gaia DR3 6720894296599427072. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.