Its story

HIP 74811 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74811: right ascension 15h 17m 20s, declination +5° 41′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 74811. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74811, HD 135856, Gaia DR3 1156278146103727360. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.