Its story

HIP 65242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 65242: right ascension 13h 22m 10s, declination −64° 13′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 65242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65242, HD 115977, Gaia DR3 5858901575912034432. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.