Its story

HIP 87470 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 87470: right ascension 17h 52m 19s, declination +76° 0′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 87470. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87470, HD 164445, Gaia DR3 1656111734044464384. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.