Its story

HIP 72338 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72338: right ascension 14h 47m 32s, declination −43° 33′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 72338. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72338, HD 130073, Gaia DR3 6100451429895447552. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.