Its story

HIP 68647 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68647: right ascension 14h 3m 6s, declination −82° 55′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 68647. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68647, HD 121317, Gaia DR3 5770968717496575744. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.