Its story

HIP 61162 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61162: right ascension 12h 31m 59s, declination −41° 3′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 61162. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61162, HD 109040, Gaia DR3 6146941117974716800. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.