Its story

HIP 74198 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 74198: right ascension 15h 9m 42s, declination +0° 43′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 74198. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74198, HD 134408, Gaia DR3 4419821827791945728. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.