Its story

HIP 59987 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59987: right ascension 12h 18m 11s, declination −52° 18′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59987, HD 106970, Gaia DR3 6125494971887834112. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.