Its story

HIP 59279 has a visual magnitude of about 7.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59279: right ascension 12h 9m 37s, declination −52° 8′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59279, HD 105610, Gaia DR3 6125350626626665472. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.