Its story

HIP 70742 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 70742: right ascension 14h 28m 0s, declination +26° 35′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 70742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 70742, HD 126956, Gaia DR3 1256412422391825152. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.