Its story

HIP 15140 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15140: right ascension 3h 15m 11s, declination −64° 26′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 15140. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15140, HD 20586, Gaia DR3 4672336699019592320. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.