Its story

HIP 71658 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71658: right ascension 14h 39m 24s, declination −49° 3′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71658. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71658, HD 128617, Gaia DR3 5905424554185095936. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.