Its story

HIP 87522 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87522: right ascension 17h 52m 52s, declination −56° 9′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87522. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87522, HD 162154, Gaia DR3 5920112212767693696. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.