Its story

HIP 59678 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59678: right ascension 12h 14m 17s, declination −64° 24′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59678. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59678, HD 106343, Gaia DR3 6053289871533720448. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.