Its story

HIP 74711 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 74711: right ascension 15h 16m 7s, declination +13° 28′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 74711. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74711, HD 135697, Gaia DR3 1182776685570909440. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.