Its story

HIP 73044 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 73044: right ascension 14h 55m 42s, declination −12° 38′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 73044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73044, HD 131726, Gaia DR3 6312976444739056640. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.