Its story

HIP 64971 has a visual magnitude of about 7.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 64971: right ascension 13h 18m 59s, declination −12° 38′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 64971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 64971, HD 115693, Gaia DR3 3609552676621081088. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.