Its story

HIP 87928 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87928: right ascension 17h 57m 43s, declination −56° 53′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87928. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87928, HD 163071, Gaia DR3 5920010576660635008. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.