Its story

HIP 73480 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 73480: right ascension 15h 1m 1s, declination +2° 53′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 73480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73480, HD 132832, Gaia DR3 1154652071485226240. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.