Its story

HIP 74227 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74227: right ascension 15h 10m 9s, declination −75° 27′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 74227. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74227, HD 133369, Gaia DR3 5792504198917312128. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.