Its story

HIP 87678 has a visual magnitude of about 7.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87678: right ascension 17h 54m 30s, declination −3° 27′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87678. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87678, HD 163102, Gaia DR3 4178216448382162432. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.