Its story

HIP 74702 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74702: right ascension 15h 15m 59s, declination +0° 47′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 74702. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74702, HD 135599, Gaia DR3 4419140645978987904. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.