Its story

HIP 72617 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 72617: right ascension 14h 50m 51s, declination −53° 22′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 72617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72617, HD 130572, Gaia DR3 5894048628939539840. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.