Its story

HIP 61579 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61579: right ascension 12h 37m 8s, declination +8° 47′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 61579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61579, HD 109764, Gaia DR3 3902632758044753280. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.