Its story

HIP 36980 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36980: right ascension 7h 36m 4s, declination −57° 17′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 36980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36980, HD 61436, Gaia DR3 5486151087997296000. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.