Its story

HIP 87002 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87002: right ascension 17h 46m 41s, declination +5° 46′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 87002. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87002, HD 161677, Gaia DR3 4474061835904011776. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.