Its story

HIP 59290 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59290: right ascension 12h 9m 47s, declination −51° 47′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59290. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59290, HD 105646, Gaia DR3 6125421442051564288. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.