Its story

HIP 116987 has a visual magnitude of about 8.63: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116987: right ascension 23h 42m 60s, declination +43° 14′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 116987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116987, HD 222729, Gaia DR3 1925505895468027648. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.