Its story

HIP 87251 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87251: right ascension 17h 49m 42s, declination +20° 55′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 87251. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87251, HD 162318, Gaia DR3 4552819716364724864. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.