Its story

HIP 71724 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71724: right ascension 14h 40m 18s, declination −40° 50′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71724. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71724, HD 128819, Gaia DR3 6104772166995080320. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.