Its story

HIP 87948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87948: right ascension 17h 57m 58s, declination −39° 8′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87948, HD 163433, Gaia DR3 4036502387632909056. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.