Its story

HIP 72480 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72480: right ascension 14h 49m 15s, declination +25° 9′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 72480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72480, HD 130766, Gaia DR3 1267230001901792256. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.