Its story

HIP 88442 has a visual magnitude of about 8.82: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88442: right ascension 18h 3m 23s, declination −3° 43′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88442. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88442, HD 164877, Gaia DR3 4177258739391067136. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.