Its story

HIP 87344 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87344: right ascension 17h 50m 52s, declination −42° 19′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87344. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87344, HD 162021, Gaia DR3 5956542567751992576. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.