Its story

HIP 71046 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71046: right ascension 14h 31m 47s, declination −44° 48′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71046. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71046, HD 127273, Gaia DR3 6099240695793851648. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.