Its story

HIP 87817 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87817: right ascension 17h 56m 21s, declination −72° 18′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 87817. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87817, HD 162128, Gaia DR3 5803642320424259584. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.