Its story

HIP 59742 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59742: right ascension 12h 15m 6s, declination −29° 14′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Corvus constellation (IAU figure Crv).

HIP 59742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59742, HD 106500, Gaia DR3 3473352804034293888. In the SkyKeepsake Corvus (Crv) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.