Its story

HIP 73398 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 73398: right ascension 15h 0m 0s, declination −36° 1′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 73398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73398, HD 132396, Gaia DR3 6199196129642813440. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.