Its story

HIP 76612 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76612: right ascension 15h 38m 44s, declination +12° 15′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 76612. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76612, HD 139609, Gaia DR3 1190516903833394176. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.