Its story

HIP 87797 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87797: right ascension 17h 56m 7s, declination −1° 24′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87797. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87797, HD 163403, Gaia DR3 4179131551292192384. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.