Its story

HIP 87410 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87410: right ascension 17h 51m 49s, declination −19° 31′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87410. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87410, HD 162434, Gaia DR3 4119443738033358720. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.