Its story

HIP 65842 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 65842: right ascension 13h 29m 49s, declination −57° 33′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 65842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65842, HD 117171, Gaia DR3 6062543808079270912. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.