Its story

HIP 87872 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87872: right ascension 17h 56m 59s, declination −60° 19′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87872, HD 162861, Gaia DR3 5911741115351118848. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.