Its story

HIP 89842 has a visual magnitude of about 9.28: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 89842: right ascension 18h 20m 3s, declination −17° 3′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 89842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89842, HD 168368, Gaia DR3 4097321151682281984. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.