Its story

HIP 87945 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 87945: right ascension 17h 57m 57s, declination −36° 0′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87945. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87945, HD 163482, Gaia DR3 4040448156891377920. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.