Its story

HIP 68298 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 68298: right ascension 13h 58m 52s, declination −47° 48′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 68298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68298, HD 121804, Gaia DR3 6094340344270181248. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.