Its story

HIP 87440 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87440: right ascension 17h 52m 3s, declination +24° 18′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 87440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87440, HD 162828, Gaia DR3 4581019303399563776. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.