Its story

HIP 62996 has a visual magnitude of about 6.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62996: right ascension 12h 54m 30s, declination −20° 5′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Corvus constellation (IAU figure Crv).

HIP 62996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62996, HD 112144, Gaia DR3 3508818135703546368. In the SkyKeepsake Corvus (Crv) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.