Its story

HIP 66431 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66431: right ascension 13h 37m 9s, declination −42° 46′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 66431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66431, HD 118337, Gaia DR3 6111802027725081472. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.