Its story

HIP 61257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61257: right ascension 12h 33m 12s, declination −52° 4′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 61257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61257, HD 109195, Gaia DR3 6078777306935807616. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.