Its story

HIP 62918 has a visual magnitude of about 6.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62918: right ascension 12h 53m 41s, declination −60° 20′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 62918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62918, Gaia DR3 6056407605465876352. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.