Its story

HIP 68842 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68842: right ascension 14h 5m 46s, declination −54° 40′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 68842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68842, HD 122844, Gaia DR3 5896467180877978496. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.