Its story

HIP 87822 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87822: right ascension 17h 56m 25s, declination −65° 43′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).

HIP 87822. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87822, HD 162521, Gaia DR3 5908778859223528192. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.