Its story

HIP 71897 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71897: right ascension 14h 42m 20s, declination +36° 36′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 71897. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71897, Gaia DR3 1294180956044045568. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.