Its story

HIP 64940 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 64940: right ascension 13h 18m 43s, declination −49° 52′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 64940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 64940, HD 115564, Gaia DR3 6081733064768721920. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.