Its story

HIP 71521 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71521: right ascension 14h 37m 38s, declination −50° 5′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 71521. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71521, HD 128288, Gaia DR3 5899305570128023296. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.