Its story

HIP 87100 has a visual magnitude of about 7.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87100: right ascension 17h 47m 46s, declination −63° 33′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87100. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87100, HD 161050, Gaia DR3 5909610090016134144. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.