Its story

HIP 61173 has a visual magnitude of about 7.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61173: right ascension 12h 32m 4s, declination −1° 46′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 61173. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61173, HD 109098, Gaia DR3 3695295342134266368. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.