Its story

HIP 74944 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74944: right ascension 15h 18m 51s, declination +29° 55′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 74944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74944, HD 136291, Gaia DR3 1275302856792354560. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.