Its story

HIP 74253 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 74253: right ascension 15h 10m 32s, declination +11° 40′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 74253. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74253, HD 134627, Gaia DR3 1168668267759023488. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.