Its story

HIP 59930 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 59930: right ascension 12h 17m 35s, declination −40° 0′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 59930. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59930, HD 106866, Gaia DR3 6150800094551835520. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.