Its story

Eta Cen has a visual magnitude of about 2.33: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for Eta Cen: right ascension 14h 35m 30s, declination −42° 9′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

Eta Cen. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 71352, HD 127972, Gaia DR3 HYG-HIP-71352. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.