Its story

HIP 71168 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71168: right ascension 14h 33m 20s, declination +36° 57′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 71168. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71168, HD 127986, Gaia DR3 1486541820993738752. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.