Its story

HIP 68491 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 68491: right ascension 14h 1m 18s, declination −57° 13′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 68491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68491, HD 122096, Gaia DR3 5871351449059805184. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.