Its story

HIP 76943 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76943: right ascension 15h 42m 40s, declination −32° 11′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 76943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76943, HD 140037, Gaia DR3 6016335526197522432. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.