Its story

HIP 72431 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72431: right ascension 14h 48m 36s, declination −63° 21′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 72431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72431, HD 129998, Gaia DR3 5874153176545545088. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.