Its story

HIP 61342 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61342: right ascension 12h 34m 9s, declination −50° 3′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 61342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61342, HD 109324, Gaia DR3 6127311777408828416. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.