Its story

HIP 87744 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87744: right ascension 17h 55m 24s, declination +55° 58′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 87744. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87744, HD 163929, Gaia DR3 1418298742029999488. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.