Its story

HIP 71970 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71970: right ascension 14h 43m 10s, declination −25° 6′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 71970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71970, HD 129417, Gaia DR3 6229713384105609216. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.