Its story

HIP 74880 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74880: right ascension 15h 18m 11s, declination +78° 23′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 74880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74880, HD 137527, Gaia DR3 1708335478347067264. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.