Its story

HIP 73117 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 73117: right ascension 14h 56m 36s, declination −43° 27′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 73117. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73117, HD 131703, Gaia DR3 5908522943591247232. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.