Its story

HIP 74984 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74984: right ascension 15h 19m 22s, declination −36° 41′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 74984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74984, HD 135984, Gaia DR3 6007653816742278144. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.