Its story

HIP 87020 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87020: right ascension 17h 46m 52s, declination +58° 38′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 87020. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87020, HD 162317, Gaia DR3 1422872332444598016. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.