Its story

HIP 74769 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74769: right ascension 15h 16m 52s, declination −47° 51′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74769. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74769, HD 135430, Gaia DR3 5902926914768858112. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.