Its story

HIP 66782 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66782: right ascension 13h 41m 13s, declination −46° 1′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 66782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66782, HD 118962, Gaia DR3 6108047680853488896. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.