Its story

HIP 88279 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88279: right ascension 18h 1m 37s, declination +42° 21′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Lyra constellation (IAU figure Lyr).

HIP 88279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88279, HD 164966, Gaia DR3 2113718303043798272. In the SkyKeepsake Lyra (Lyr) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.