Its story

HIP 62986 has a visual magnitude of about 6.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62986: right ascension 12h 54m 22s, declination −58° 25′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 62986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62986, HD 112044, Gaia DR3 6060173364074372352. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.