Its story

HIP 70988 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 70988: right ascension 14h 31m 11s, declination −40° 23′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 70988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 70988, HD 127214, Gaia DR3 6104251170279800832. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.