Its story

HIP 74657 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74657: right ascension 15h 15m 20s, declination −44° 8′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74657, HD 135174, Gaia DR3 6000437721938768768. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.