Its story

HIP 51661 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 51661: right ascension 10h 33m 15s, declination −55° 23′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 51661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51661, HD 300791, Gaia DR3 5352404294598481920. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.