Its story

HIP 87599 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87599: right ascension 17h 53m 40s, declination −43° 43′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87599, HD 162545, Gaia DR3 5956328373470707712. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.