Its story

HIP 71731 has a visual magnitude of about 8.90: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 71731: right ascension 14h 40m 25s, declination −66° 49′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 71731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71731, HD 128507, Gaia DR3 5848791836976097280. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.