Its story

HIP 71659 has a visual magnitude of about 8.62: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71659: right ascension 14h 39m 25s, declination −44° 3′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 71659. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71659, HD 128650, Gaia DR3 6099705342534268928. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.