Its story

HIP 87708 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87708: right ascension 17h 54m 56s, declination −11° 37′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87708. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87708, HD 163117, Gaia DR3 4151632078301105408. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.