Its story

HIP 87255 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87255: right ascension 17h 49m 45s, declination −42° 36′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87255, HD 161825, Gaia DR3 5956523742960209408. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.