Its story

HIP 87551 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 87551: right ascension 17h 53m 11s, declination −58° 51′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87551, HD 162155, Gaia DR3 5917967718415320064. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.