Its story

HIP 58748 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 58748: right ascension 12h 2m 56s, declination −62° 10′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 58748. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 58748, HD 104631, Gaia DR3 6057653936254670464. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.