Its story

HIP 68038 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68038: right ascension 13h 55m 53s, declination −9° 45′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 68038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68038, HD 121496, Gaia DR3 3615575354641355776. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.