Its story

HIP 74461 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 74461: right ascension 15h 12m 59s, declination −51° 58′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 74461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74461, HD 134642, Gaia DR3 5888402641057222016. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.