Its story

HIP 61280 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61280: right ascension 12h 33m 29s, declination −41° 24′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 61280. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61280, HD 109241, Gaia DR3 6146871161547798016. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.