Its story

HIP 72636 has a visual magnitude of about 7.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72636: right ascension 14h 51m 3s, declination −86° 23′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 72636. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72636, HD 127163, Gaia DR3 5766377294376188928. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.