Its story

HIP 87271 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87271: right ascension 17h 49m 57s, declination +20° 52′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 87271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87271, HD 162385, Gaia DR3 4552818719932262912. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.