Its story

HIP 65901 has a visual magnitude of about 7.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 65901: right ascension 13h 30m 31s, declination −53° 55′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 65901. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65901, HD 117294, Gaia DR3 6068622011390559232. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.