Its story

HIP 74196 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 74196: right ascension 15h 9m 41s, declination −35° 51′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74196, HD 134197, Gaia DR3 6200511867102725120. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.