Its story

HIP 74440 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74440: right ascension 15h 12m 47s, declination +44° 16′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 74440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74440, Gaia DR3 1393783309222471680. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.