Its story

HIP 61311 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 61311: right ascension 12h 33m 39s, declination −44° 11′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 61311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61311, HD 109251, Gaia DR3 6133255668544463872. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.