Its story

HIP 87640 has a visual magnitude of about 8.58: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 87640: right ascension 17h 54m 6s, declination −14° 54′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).

HIP 87640. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 87640, HD 162919, Gaia DR3 4148489944639698944. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.