Its story

HIP 87312 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87312: right ascension 17h 50m 25s, declination −61° 55′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87312. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87312, HD 161566, Gaia DR3 5911396727694148352. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.