Its story

HIP 61982 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61982: right ascension 12h 42m 6s, declination −54° 45′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 61982. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61982, HD 110372, Gaia DR3 6073654098159118208. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.