Its story

HIP 87879 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87879: right ascension 17h 57m 7s, declination −13° 39′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87879, HD 163512, Gaia DR3 4150355609711327232. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.