Its story

HIP 87070 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87070: right ascension 17h 47m 33s, declination −56° 9′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87070. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87070, HD 161218, Gaia DR3 5920334795155430400. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.