Its story

HIP 87243 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87243: right ascension 17h 49m 34s, declination +56° 49′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 87243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87243, HD 162825, Gaia DR3 1421557213458387200. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.