Its story

HIP 76701 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76701: right ascension 15h 39m 40s, declination −32° 58′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 76701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76701, HD 139502, Gaia DR3 6015818618289004544. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.