Its story

HIP 87290 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87290: right ascension 17h 50m 9s, declination −0° 40′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 87290. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87290, HD 162249, Gaia DR3 4371207951966283264. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.