Its story

HIP 72604 has a visual magnitude of about 7.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72604: right ascension 14h 50m 40s, declination +22° 54′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 72604. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72604, HD 131042, Gaia DR3 1265671031852406272. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.