Its story

HIP 74609 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 74609: right ascension 15h 14m 40s, declination −59° 49′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 74609. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74609, HD 134820, Gaia DR3 5876711327772311424. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.