Its story

HIP 74542 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74542: right ascension 15h 13m 54s, declination −43° 21′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74542, HD 134913, Gaia DR3 6003524978788298752. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.