Its story

HIP 59243 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59243: right ascension 12h 9m 7s, declination −78° 46′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 59243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59243, HD 105515, Gaia DR3 5788355123068307328. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.