Its story

HIP 87954 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87954: right ascension 17h 58m 3s, declination +2° 43′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87954. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87954, HD 163826, Gaia DR3 4468955635189945984. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.