Its story

HIP 87864 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87864: right ascension 17h 56m 55s, declination −61° 26′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 87864. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87864, HD 162806, Gaia DR3 5911565605809183744. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.