Its story

HIP 87417 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 87417: right ascension 17h 51m 53s, declination +2° 53′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87417. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87417, HD 162628, Gaia DR3 4469114475957453824. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.