Its story

HIP 87699 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87699: right ascension 17h 54m 48s, declination −42° 55′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).

HIP 87699. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87699, HD 162786, Gaia DR3 5956281609870289920. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.