Its story

HIP 74479 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74479: right ascension 15h 13m 8s, declination −36° 5′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74479. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74479, HD 134837, Gaia DR3 6200071478337843456. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.