Its story

HIP 76431 has a visual magnitude of about 7.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76431: right ascension 15h 36m 36s, declination −17° 0′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 76431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76431, HD 139061, Gaia DR3 6261445530206341120. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.