Its story

HIP 74868 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74868: right ascension 15h 17m 60s, declination +30° 49′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 74868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74868, HD 136159, Gaia DR3 1275570072477757056. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.