Its story

HIP 73118 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 73118: right ascension 14h 56m 38s, declination −62° 21′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 73118. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73118, HD 131491, Gaia DR3 5874674860459894400. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.