Its story

HIP 87297 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87297: right ascension 17h 50m 15s, declination +25° 17′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 87297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87297, HD 162485, Gaia DR3 4581899531176096128. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.