Its story

HIP 71743 has a visual magnitude of about 7.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71743: right ascension 14h 40m 31s, declination −16° 12′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 71743. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71743, HD 128987, Gaia DR3 6286606170175267840. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.