Its story

HIP 86987 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86987: right ascension 17h 46m 33s, declination −2° 51′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86987, HD 161605, Gaia DR3 4177044506424333312. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.