Its story

HIP 58642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 58642: right ascension 12h 1m 29s, declination −57° 30′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 58642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 58642, HD 104430, Gaia DR3 6072337158115089920. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.