Its story

HIP 76608 has a visual magnitude of about 6.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76608: right ascension 15h 38m 42s, declination −39° 7′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 76608. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76608, HD 139271, Gaia DR3 6009052704783323776. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.