Its story

HIP 72427 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72427: right ascension 14h 48m 33s, declination −35° 50′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 72427. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72427, HD 130311, Gaia DR3 6202016273888455552. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.