Its story

HIP 87782 has a visual magnitude of about 6.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87782: right ascension 17h 55m 55s, declination −18° 48′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87782, HD 163245, Gaia DR3 4119588770476941312. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.