Its story

HIP 59016 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59016: right ascension 12h 6m 2s, declination −54° 15′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59016. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59016, HD 105096, Gaia DR3 6076825364566764928. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.