Its story

HIP 71873 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71873: right ascension 14h 42m 2s, declination −12° 14′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 71873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71873, HD 129293, Gaia DR3 6323935758169407744. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.