Its story

HIP 74871 has a visual magnitude of about 9.26: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74871: right ascension 15h 18m 3s, declination −3° 26′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 74871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74871, Gaia DR3 4413911128159299072. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.