Its story

HIP 74268 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74268: right ascension 15h 10m 42s, declination −43° 43′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74268, HD 134331, Gaia DR3 6003429213889816832. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.