Its story

HIP 87379 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87379: right ascension 17h 51m 11s, declination −53° 7′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87379. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87379, HD 161917, Gaia DR3 5945048071337531776. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.