Its story

HIP 73491 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 73491: right ascension 15h 1m 12s, declination +1° 51′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 73491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73491, HD 132846, Gaia DR3 1153406462249990144. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.