Its story

HIP 87244 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87244: right ascension 17h 49m 34s, declination +0° 54′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 87244. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87244, HD 162163, Gaia DR3 4372550318224229376. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.