Its story

HIP 88221 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88221: right ascension 18h 0m 58s, declination +53° 20′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 88221. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88221, HD 234539, Gaia DR3 2125551522058843648. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.