Its story

HIP 65551 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 65551: right ascension 13h 26m 17s, declination −48° 47′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 65551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65551, HD 116717, Gaia DR3 6082629858238721920. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.