Its story

HIP 59965 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59965: right ascension 12h 17m 55s, declination −57° 51′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59965. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59965, HD 106908, Gaia DR3 6071704904560435712. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.