Its story

HIP 71179 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71179: right ascension 14h 33m 27s, declination −33° 18′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71179, HD 127672, Gaia DR3 6216158673481822976. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.