Its story

HIP 71986 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71986: right ascension 14h 43m 22s, declination −41° 1′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71986, HD 129364, Gaia DR3 6101732223501612032. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.