Its story

HIP 72961 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72961: right ascension 14h 54m 40s, declination −75° 36′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 72961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72961, HD 130580, Gaia DR3 5792932527418655872. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.