Its story

HIP 71725 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71725: right ascension 14h 40m 18s, declination +87° 12′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 71725. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71725, HD 135294, Gaia DR3 1728461214060516096. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.