Its story

HIP 61172 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61172: right ascension 12h 32m 4s, declination −32° 32′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Corvus constellation (IAU figure Crv).

HIP 61172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61172, HD 109074, Gaia DR3 3468544948923853056. In the SkyKeepsake Corvus (Crv) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.