Its story

HIP 71861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71861: right ascension 14h 41m 56s, declination −58° 36′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 71861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71861, HD 128917, Gaia DR3 5879327821838249216. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.