Its story

HIP 65178 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 65178: right ascension 13h 21m 26s, declination −43° 38′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 65178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65178, HD 115988, Gaia DR3 6088297737601081856. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.