Its story

HIP 72687 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72687: right ascension 14h 51m 40s, declination +83° 56′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 72687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72687, HD 133872, Gaia DR3 1725620144733061248. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.