Its story

HIP 64398 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 64398: right ascension 13h 11m 56s, declination −61° 7′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 64398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 64398, HD 114489, Gaia DR3 5863608000998301312. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.