Its story

HIP 66171 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66171: right ascension 13h 33m 48s, declination −39° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 66171. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66171, HD 117851, Gaia DR3 6161180068432801792. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.