Its story

HIP 88872 has a visual magnitude of about 9.23: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 88872: right ascension 18h 8m 37s, declination −9° 48′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 88872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88872, HD 165888, Gaia DR3 4158116482466342912. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.